…with 27 licensed centers within the state offering treatment. New rules in effect this year are changing the way they operate… collection of client data by service centers. …The 303 Client Data Form is now given out as a part of preliminary paperwork for a session, asking a client their race, ethnicity, language, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and…
Kennedy said his mind was open “to the idea of psychedelics for treatment… people ought to have the freedom and the liberty to experiment with these hallucinogens to overcome debilitating disorders.” An evangelist [Dr. Shereef Elnahal] for treating mental health disorders with psychedelic drugs whom President Joe Biden appointed to a top job at the VA wants…
An Elon Musk ally is seeking to seize control of psychedelic drugmaker Lykos Therapeutics, offering it a financial lifeline for its bid to garner US approval to use the party drug ecstasy as a mental health treatment. Antonio Gracias, an early Tesla backer and former board member who backed Musk’s takeover of Twitter, made a…
Windsor Coun. Renaldo Agostino… who represents the downtown on city council [Ontario]. “And you know what the truth is? One day, if that business is allowed to open, I’d be more than happy to welcome it.” A spokesperson for the stores [FunGuyz] who identified himself as Chris Stewart says they’ve been raided over 120 times……
Psilocybin is decriminalized but there won’t be recreational dispensaries… conservative leaders are restricting the treatment over objections from some of the city’s 90,000 veterans, who’ve become flagbearers for psychedelic therapy to treat post-traumatic stress disorder… “We have an opportunity to support veterans, and it’s a really easy one to say ‘Yes’ to,” said Lane Belone, a special…
“Literally a grandma could take my video, watch it, and produce LSD,” says Willy. “This was like a fucking movie between the FBI contacting us and going to Pakistan. Just so many things had to line up correctly for this to happen, says Willy. “It’s never happened to date, and it’s been over 86 years…
A new analysis of the National Survey of Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), conducted annually by the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), found broadly that “perceptions of harm associated with substance use have been steadily declining for most substances since 2015.” While risk perception has declined across multiple substances over the…
…as people merge getting high and self-care… we need a new way to make sense of it. In today’s chaotic marketplace… the internet also transformed supply and demand… the idea of drugs as a social evil and the belief that only doctors define what is medical is being challenged… the distinction between licit “medicine” and…
The agency is now prohibiting the use of three compounds in the mushroom – muscimol, ibotenic acid and muscarine – given safety concerns identified in its review of the evidence. Exactly how the FDA will decide to enforce its decision remains to be seen… “[FDA] is clearly addressing this mushroom,” says Kevin Feeney, a lawyer…
The United States and Canada should fully decriminalize the use and possession of drugs rather than double down on a failed drug war, according to a new report from the Global Commission on Drug Policy. The report recommended expanding the availability of opioid agonist therapy such as methadone and buprenorphine, syringe service programs, overdose prevention centers,…
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