Psychology

What psychedelia can learn from Clusterbusters

…if someone is desperate and suicidal, of course they should be able to try psychedelics, as quickly and safely as possible. The healthcare system is broken, the FDA approval system is slow and very expensive…and people can sometimes heal themselves outside of the medical system.  Clusterbusters is a really interesting example of a peer support group which…

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Medicine/Healing

Health Canada must reconsider man’s bid to use magic mushrooms for cluster headaches, Federal Court rules

A 51-year-old Calgary man who suffers debilitating cluster headaches has won a Federal Court battle forcing Health Canada to reconsider his bid for legal access to psilocybin to treat his extreme pain.  …the decision to deny Lance access to the drug “unreasonable” and “unintelligible.” Health Canada told Canadian Broadcasting Center News via email that it…

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Medicine/Healing

Psychedelics could treat some of the worst chronic pain in the world

Here’s another… under-studied prospect of psychedelics: a world without severe chronic pain. And… around the internet or psychedelic conferences, a whole subterranean trove of similar stories opens up. An estimated 51 million Americans suffer from chronic pain – excruciating conditions like migraines, phantom limb pains, or fibromyalgia – and often go without effective treatments. But psychedelics like psilocybin mushrooms and LSD seem to…

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