Biography/Memoir

Psychedelics can treat ptsd, so should they be given to soldiers?

Another question is whether they’d even want to fight. “Would people all become hippies and leave the military? I don’t think that’s the case. There’s something noble about defending others and defending your country. Some people will choose to serve and some will not,” said Rick Doblin, the founder of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic…

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Medicine/Healing

How psychedelics can transform end-of-life care

More than two dozen other states and the U.S. House of Representatives are also grappling with their own versions of psychedelic legislation… the end of life is not only a universal experience, we also know it’s one where psychedelic medicines can spur a massive paradigm shift in how we provide care. The human body and…

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Anthropology

Multiple cities… ban psilocybin-related businesses

Coburg, Cottage Grove, Creswell, Dunes City and Junction City all supported the banning… The state established temporary rules for the product with permanent rules to come after Dec. 31 [2022]. Original Article (Register Guard):Election results: multiple cities on track to ban psilocybin-related businessesArtwork Fair Use: Mapoflanecountyoregon

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Psychology

Researchers look to psychedelics to transform mental healthcare

As an operator who has worked in the psychedelics space for… years, I have been exposed to every facet of the industry. The U.S. state of Oregon has voted to legalize [adult-use] psilocybin… on the regulation and policy side… a more favorable regulatory and social landscape is helping psychedelic startups gain a foothold in this…

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Science

The harms of psychedelics need to be put into context

The rising popularity of these drugs has changed people’s baseline perceptions of them, which in turn can raise expectations going into a trial. A psychedelic trip can be a challenging, even harrowing, experience, often with therapeutically positive outcomes – but sometimes with negative ones. That shouldn’t put the brakes on psychedelic research. But it does…

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Science

…big pharma… psychedelics

…the increasing interest that mainstream biotech firms are developing for psychedelic compounds. While about 100 clinical trials focused on psychedelic compounds are chugging along in the regulatory pathway to examine the potential the drugs have to treat illnesses like depression and alcoholism, Big Pharma has largely taken a back seat in the growing industry, holding…

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Science

Alcohol deaths spiked… in 2020 and 2021, CDC study shows

…research points to a need to look at steps to reduce alcohol consumption, including increasing alcohol taxes and enacting measures that limit where people can buy beer, wine and liquor. The study found that as many as 1 in 8 deaths among U.S. adults ages 20 to 64 were alcohol-related deaths… 52,000 such deaths last…

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Biography/Memoir

All veterans should have access to the psilocybin…

Even the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has started offering psychedelic substances to patients as a part of clinical trials. Veteran Luke Gruber said, “I didn’t want the pills provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs. And talk therapy just didn’t help. Rudderless and prone to extreme mood swings, I increasingly isolated myself from family…

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