Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Recreational drug users have been ‘microdosing’ psychedelics to improve their mental health during the pandemic, a new survey has found.
Researchers say the findings may indicate that some people with mental health issues gain ‘significant relief’ from microdosing psychedelics such as LSD and magic mushrooms.
However they warned that suddenly stopping psychiatric medications can lead to worsening of mental health and withdrawal and should not be done without medical supervision.
The Global Drug Survey - an independent research organisation based in London - collected data from more than 32,000 people in 20 countries between December 2020 and March 2021.
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