As an operator who has worked in the psychedelics space for… years, I have been exposed to every facet of the industry. The U.S. state of Oregon has voted to legalize [adult-use] psilocybin… on the regulation and policy side… a more favorable regulatory and social landscape is helping psychedelic startups gain a foothold in this…
At the farmhouse that morning, as one friend scraped bits of eggs and toast into the trash can and another ceremonially laid out tiny square tabs of LSD on the coffee table… “Acid chicken,” someone said. I took a chicken out of the refrigerator, salt-and-peppered it, and stuffed it with lemons and onions and garlic.…
The rising popularity of these drugs has changed people’s baseline perceptions of them, which in turn can raise expectations going into a trial. A psychedelic trip can be a challenging, even harrowing, experience, often with therapeutically positive outcomes – but sometimes with negative ones. That shouldn’t put the brakes on psychedelic research. But it does…
…the increasing interest that mainstream biotech firms are developing for psychedelic compounds. While about 100 clinical trials focused on psychedelic compounds are chugging along in the regulatory pathway to examine the potential the drugs have to treat illnesses like depression and alcoholism, Big Pharma has largely taken a back seat in the growing industry, holding…
…research points to a need to look at steps to reduce alcohol consumption, including increasing alcohol taxes and enacting measures that limit where people can buy beer, wine and liquor. The study found that as many as 1 in 8 deaths among U.S. adults ages 20 to 64 were alcohol-related deaths… 52,000 such deaths last…
Even the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has started offering psychedelic substances to patients as a part of clinical trials. Veteran Luke Gruber said, “I didn’t want the pills provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs. And talk therapy just didn’t help. Rudderless and prone to extreme mood swings, I increasingly isolated myself from family…
…the first FDA-approved clinical trial of natural psilocybin… has been able to standardize notoriously unstable natural compounds – the power of natural psychedelics for healing is a cause… natural psychedelics have a lower cost to produce and administer when compared to synthetic versions. My name is Tracey Tee. I have one daughter. She’s 11, and…
Chrissi DelaCruz had it “in a powder form that was mixed with, like, a juice… that proved to me that everything that I need to heal is within myself,” she said… Asked if he worries about giving doses of psilocybin on the same property where his wife and their three toddlers live, Jason Lampman pointed directly…
…two-and-a-half million Oregonians will have local access to psilocybin therapy next year [2023]… such a system is time consuming and likely to cost thousands rather than hundreds of dollars. …the new program involves people meeting with a facilitator several times, discussing why they want to take psilocybin, and being closely monitored while they use the…
…the research team recruited 641 participants… published in Drug Science, Policy, and Law… …the results of these efforts found that those with a history of psilocybin, followed by LSD, scored highest in “nature relatedness” and knowledge of climate change… has made new inroads into understanding the relationship between taking psychedelics and feeling connected to nature… Original…
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