Biography/Memoir

MDMA therapy didn’t get FDA approval. Now what?

The FDA declined to approve the new treatment submitted by Lykos Therapeutics, an organization that develops innovations to “transform mental healthcare,” deciding that there still isn’t enough evidence of benefit to outweigh the risks. The decision will have far-reaching ripple effects. Some psychedelic advocates will have to put celebrations they’ve been planning for decades on pause;…

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Biography/Memoir

…Oregon; 39 thousand illegal marijuana plants destroyed

“Due to the age of the plants, Watermasters estimate that roughly 1.5 million gallons of water was saved by stopping water use at this time,” JCSO (Jackson County Sheriff’s Office), explained. “While regulatory agencies investigate permitted cannabis operations, IMET is focusing on the black-market marijuana trade in the Rogue Valley,” the agency said. “IMET is…

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Biography/Memoir

Oregon regulators grant first license to psilocybin edibles manufacturer

Regulators in Oregon have licensed the country’s first-ever state-legal psilocybin edibles manufacturer, the Southeast Portland company announced… The Milwaukie-based company’s brand… said in a press release… includes “dark chocolates precisely dosed with dried, homogenized mushrooms, have a chocolate-forward flavor with nutty and earthy notes from the mushrooms.” Original Article (Marijuana Moment):Oregon regulators grant first license…

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Biography/Memoir

Lykos… moved to patent MDMA in late 2022, filing reveals

…another big ‘if’ is whether the company will even obtain FDA approval for its MDMA-assisted therapy at all… Specifically, Lykos’ patent application claims a composition comprising a salt or solvate of MDMA along with one or more excipients, where the average particle size in the composition is, at its broadest, between 50 and 400 microns,…

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Biography/Memoir

After FDA setback, psychedelic drugmakers distance themselves from a pioneer

A resoundingly negative vote by an advisory committee to the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday [6/5/24] – though not binding – has diminished the chances of the sponsor, Lykos Therapeutics, from winning full approval for MDMA to treat post-traumatic stress disorder, industry observers said. But biotech executives, investors and researchers said in interviews that…

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Spirituality

Psilocybin… saved my marriage…

…if you’re a middle-aged-ish parent who finds themselves, consciously or subconsciously, deconstructing all the things society has taught us to value, while at the same time grappling with growing children who no longer look to us for all the answers and whom we can no longer protect from the social toxins that are seeping into…

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