In a friend of the court brief filed… in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the state attorneys general say DEA’s rejection of the patients’ application was an overreach of the agency’s power… the states’ filing stops short of saying the patients are eligible to use psilocybin under Washington’s state law [for…
With a growing body of research showing that psychedelic substances have potential medical uses, local governments across the US have begun to take notice. A study from Imperial College London scientists released in April, for example, found that psilocybin… works about as well as a leading drug (escitalopram) to treat patients with moderate or severe major depressive…
The United States Food and Drug Administration, in a landmark decision, just approved… …a new clinical study that allows therapists who want to conduct MDMA-assisted therapy sessions to legally consume the drug themselves. Original Article (Microdose Buzz):FDA historically approves study allowing therapists to legally use MDMAArtwork Fair Use: Public Domain
…pop culture’s obsession with psychedelics may not be solely rooted in medicinal purposes… maybe, one day, there will be orange pill jars lining the shelves at CVS Pharmacy that read “psilocybin” in printed lettering. If society wishes to achieve “mass mental health,” [as] Rick Doblin… explains… his organization’s long-term goal is “mass mental health”… we…
When complete in 2022, the $312-million Legion Veterans Village on 135A Street will be home to Canada’s first Centre of Clinical Excellence for veterans and first responders with PTSD… Health Canada granted several Canadians coping with end-of-life anxiety exceptions last year to experience a legal trip on psilocybin. They were the first to legally consume…
[Claims] the biggest problem with needing human therapists after a psychedelic treatment is that it scales one to one with the number of people being treated [but] with the support of machine learning systems it can act as a live therapist. A treatment that combines an artificial intelligence therapist with psychedelic drugs to treat depression…
Over the past decade, nearly half a million people in the United States have died from a preventable drug overdose. At least 11 states have decriminalized drug paraphernalia for personal use. In December, D.C. joined this group. The D.C. law also expanded the kinds of paraphernalia that community organizations can distribute, allowing them to provide…
You’re studying how psilocybin may help children with autism. What is the connection between psilocybin, autism, and the microbiome? I’m predicting that in the next 10 years, you’re going to have 10 to 20 distinct autistic sub disorders. And they’re going to be treated differently. We know the dopamine system is part of the problem…
To recoup the tens-to-hundreds of millions of dollars invested in securing FDA approval and related patents, and then the expense of thereafter marketing their wares for a profit, the corporate owners of these future FDA-approved psychedelics are not acting out of principled charity or for the goodwill of all humankind. They are going to make…
…one topic has received increasing public attention. Once called a “non-starter” by some legislators, the right of [people] to cultivate (or “home grow”) a limited number… has become a real possibility. The possibility [that some legislation]… would not allow home grow is a perplexing one. Every one of the 11 states that have legalized cannabis…
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