What explains the mysterious gap between the 10 percent of drug users who sink into addiction and the 90 percent who don’t? It’s the experience of unresolved childhood trauma. And why does childhood trauma make you so much more likely to become an addicted adult? While the lock-’em-up mindset may be viscerally satisfying to some…
The pressure to share information can be almost constant, but psychotherapists who facilitate psychedelic research do not share information about the subjects in their care with the public unless those individuals decide independently that they want to tell their stories. Research participants are often vulnerable, but also autonomous, and can give consent for interviews with…
“The major benefit seems to be that there’s an improved equilibrium of systems throughout the body, which is why it seems to affect so many different systems,” he said… but for addicts, vets, and people suffering from disorders who could find help in these drugs, the stakes are as high as their very survival. LSD…
*age of consent in the United States – green=18 grey=17 blue=16 “People are using psychedelics not to drop out of, but to engage with mainstream society.” -Jag Davies (Drug Policy Alliance) A growing number of people are taking psychedelics for healing. Advocates say drugs like LSD, psilocybin, MDMA, DMT, ayahuasca and ketamine provide a kaleidoscopic array of potential applications,…
“This is not about providing free drugs,” said MacDonald. “It’s about providing better care and reducing the burden on society.” It costs the provincial government about C$27,000 a year to fund a Crosstown client, as opposed to an estimated C$48,000 spent a year on health, policing and judicial costs for those who are dependent on…
The American Kratom Association (AKA) sent an action alert to members warning that a bill introduced by Sen. Chuck Grassley and Sen. Dianne Feinstein could be a “backdoor way” of banning kratom — an herbal supplement that millions of people use as an alternative to opioid painkillers. But reform advocates are worried that the…
Could kratom help deal with Canada’s current opioid crisis, which has become worse than any infectious epidemic? A study published in the journal Current Drug Targets in April 2017 confirmed that kratom does have potential. “Other than the analgesic property, kratom has been used as an agent to overcome opioid withdrawal as it contains natural…
Before it’s given to patients, the marijuana will be kept inside steel narcotics lockers bolted to the wall in a room with surveillance cameras and a combination keypad on the door. Each locker has tamper-proof hinges and requires two keys—each held by a different person. If someone puts the wrong key in one of the…
What’s not standard rehab practice, however, is the center’s inclusion of marijuana as part of both a regimen to help people get through withdrawal symptoms and as a reward at the end of the day. …cannabis [is] effective as part of a rehabilitation plan from opioids in particular, as it can reduce physical and psychological…
Combat-related PTSD is notoriously difficult to treat and in theory ayahuasca can work as a form of drug-assisted exposure therapy. When traumatised people repeatedly avoid fear-inducing situations this only serves to maintain and reinforce the deeply ingrained conditioning that underlies their illness. The idea is that by dredging up traumatic memories and exposing them to…
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