…proven magic mushroom…
Health Canada hasn’t publicly explained what’s behind the apparent freeze on Section 56 exemptions… [Bruce] Tobin says the current process of essentially requiring someone to be at death’s door is unworkable.
Still, he anticipates that psilocybin access will go the way cannabis first did, through new regulations making it available for medical use. “My intuitions are that’s where we’re going to go, and I think it’s not a matter of ‘if’ but ‘when.’ If we do find that there are serious impediments coming up to block that, we may have to consider going to Federal Court to have the courts affirm the rights of Canadians to access psilocybin to treat their medical needs just as the courts affirmed that was true for cannabis.” For the patient, that… can be as simple as recognizing that they’re loved, or as complex as finding peace and satisfaction with the life they’ve led…
Original Article (The Tyee):
Why is Ottawa stalling proven magic mushroom therapy for the dying?
Artwork Fair Use: Asurnipal
