The recreational and medicinal markets are far more intertwined than many are aware. As so often happens… we have seen this phenomenon with cannabis and opioids, and it now appears to be happening with psychedelics. A recent survey found that less than 34 per cent of Canadians who reported using psychedelics did so to self-medicate…
In the mid-range of estimates, anywhere from 56% to 62% of Americans currently being treated for depression could be eligible to try psilocybin. The number could even grow higher if people currently untreated for their depression decide they would like to try psilocybin, the investigators noted. Original Article (Newsweek):Over 5 million Americans could benefit if psilocybin…
“I’m not going to go smoke pot and hang out on my couch for the next 20 years,” he said in an interview, criticizing the agency for failing to grasp the drug’s potential to relieve suffering. Still, it has been a brutally rough stretch for Doblin and MAPS, which over decades have shepherded an illegal…
The study found that cannabis and psychedelics remain increasingly popular, with rates of use at “historically high levels in 2023,” the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) said. “In contrast, past-year use of cigarettes remained at historically low levels in both adult groups,” it said. “Past-month and daily alcohol use continued a decade-long decline among…
Narrowly tailoring deflection offerings to just possession charges – not the low-level public disorder crimes that often accompany drug use – means counties “are going to miss 98% of what’s really bugging everyone,’ said Lisa Daugaard, a Seattle attorney and key architect of the LEAD model… “LEAD is intended to be a public safety, public…
The donation shows that Dr. Bronner’s is doubling down on the Oregon experiment with psilocybin despite its troubles, as outlined in Willamette Week’s cover story… service centers are struggling to make it, costs are high, and surprising backers are showing up. Bendable Therapy… the nonprofit pairs clients with licensed guides at partner facilities for psilocybin treatment.…
…in some cities like Vancouver… entrepreneurs have even opened brick-and-mortar stores, which sell psychedelics… Canada has licensed a Vancouver startup to export psychedelics to Australia for patient use, the latest milestone in a contest to supply the potential growth of medical psychedelic drugs. Seven companies have legally exported psilocybin, MDMA or both from Canada so…
As psychedelics re-enter mainstream, with psilocybin legalized for recreation in Colorado, and for therapeutic use in Oregon, millions of Americans are trying them for the first time, and some are walking away – quite by surprise – true believers. In stumbling upon the connection between mushrooms and the sacred, Brinkerhoff and Worwood are discovering a…
Lykos and its founder, Rick Doblin, have for years tried to persuade regulators and the pharmaceutical industry at large that psychedelic drugs should be used in the treatment of certain mental health conditions. “After 38 plus years of work, I’m profoundly saddened by the FDA decision around this critically needed therapy, but am heartened that…
“To me, it’s about allowing people to seek healing using things that are available in the world,” City Councilmember Clark Gilman said. The Olympia City Council declared that entheogens/psilocybin-related investigations, arrests, and prosecutions will have the lowest level of priority from law enforcement, meaning some psychedelic drugs like mushrooms will be decriminalized within city limits.…
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