Biography/Memoir

‘We’re in the shakeout stage’: The psychedelics boom in healthcare has lost its buzz as some companies struggle to make payroll

Psychedelics companies aren’t living up to the hype, and are starting to consolidate as a flood of money into companies seeking to win regulatory approval of drugs like LSD, psilocybin and ayahuasca dries up… the disconnect between… federal… lobbying visions and reality in psychedelics has once-high-flying companies now on the verge of failing to make…

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Politics

‘Welcome to the psychedelic ’20s!’

The payoff for those decades of work are coming to fruition. Oregon and Colorado have decriminalized the recreational use of plant-based psychedelics. Original Article (Reason):Rick Doblin: ‘Welcome to the psychedelic 20s!’Artwork Fair Use: Jon Mortin

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Psychology

Oregon now offers psilocybin…

“They’re very edible,” he said. “Almost like eating a nut.” …the new system is not considered medical… thinks he might take psilocybin again, to continue his personal growth… when psilocybin can be obtained for as little as $20 a dose… Original Article (Oregon Public Broadcasting & Filter Mag):Oregon now offers psilocybin therapy. Here’s what one…

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Modern Culture

…psychedelic users self-medicating, but few discuss with healthcare providers…

…more than a third of Canadian respondents who use natural psychedelics do so to self-medicate. …their health care provider’s attitudes and perceptions… can greatly influence their willingness to disclose their psychedelic use. Is it that surprising that there would be resistance to reveal use… to health care professionals? Certainly not… researchers concluded that healthcare providers…

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Biography/Memoir

MAPS [PBC] trademark filing…

…patents aren’t the only type of Intellectual Property… trade secrets… trademarks… MAPS PBC [Public Benefit Corporation] seeks to register the trademark for use in the following realms… “Pharmaceutical preparations; Psychotherapeutic preparations; Pharmaceutical preparations for the treatment and management of psychiatric, psychological, and neurological disorders; Therapeutic agents for treating and managing PTSD, eating disorders, postpartum depression,…

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Biography/Memoir

Compass Pathways: debt deal secured, cash runway extended

[Compass Pathways; synthetic-psilocybin patenting British bio-tech company]… a securities purchase agreement with a select group of healthcare specialist investors for the private placement of… American Depositary Shares… Morgan Stanley and TD Cowen are acting as the placement agents for the private placement. The securities to be sold in the private placement, including the ADSs underlying…

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Politics

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek rejects cannabis banking bill

…rejected a bill that would have created a State Public Bank Task Force.  Chief sponsors included Rep. Mark Gamba, Rep. Jules Walters, and Sen. Jeff Golden, who introduced House Bill 2763 in January. The bill steadily made its way through the House and Senate and was passed by both by the end of June before it was…

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