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Psychedelic therapy is moving to the next frontier: workplace perk

06.12.2022

Acupuncture and chiropractic care weren’t always the common fixtures of employer benefit plans they are today. It took clamoring from workers, the accumulation of evidence, and the slow realization by …

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First Opinion

Opinion: Breakthrough Therapies Act: Good idea, wrong solution

02.12.2022

The Breakthrough Therapies Act, recently proposed by Senators Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) as a way to expand access for therapeutic purposes to potentially beneficial but highly regulated …

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Colorado poised to become second state with legalized ‘medicinal psychedelics’

10.11.2022

Colorado looks set to legalize magic mushrooms in this week’s midterm elections, with the group opposing the ballot question conceding defeat. As of Thursday afternoon, Proposition 122 was passing with …

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‘Intriguing and sobering’: Enthusiasm over psilocybin’s effect on depression tempered by questions about durability

03.11.2022

The hype around psychedelic therapy has been put to the test, with the publication Wednesday of the largest-ever study of psilocybin to treat depression. The Phase 2 trial found that …

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In the Lab

Virtual drug screening identifies possible new antidepressants in LSD-like molecules

28.09.2022

What’s a hallucinogen without the hallucinations? Perhaps a potent and fast-acting antidepressant, according to a new study based on virtual drug screening. Psychedelic drugs are now widely understood to have …

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Psilocybin shows promise for treating alcohol addiction, new study finds

24.08.2022

Taking one recreational drug as treatment for over-dependence on another is hardly intuitive, but a new study found that psilocybin, the psychedelic compound in magic mushrooms, could be a promising …

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First Opinion

Opinion: Psychedelics researchers and investors should focus on delivering therapy, not drugs

12.08.2022

“How To Change Your Mind,” a new four-part documentary about psychedelics, has been hovering around Netflix’s Top 10 this summer. As someone who benefited immensely from therapeutic psychedelics, I am …

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First Opinion

Opinion: Working with Indigenous allies is the ethical way to develop psychedelic-based pharmaceuticals

25.07.2022

Psychedelic medicine is having a moment of tremendous growth and innovation as researchers rediscover its potential mental health benefits. Although numerous biopharmaceutical companies are aiming to capitalize on these age-old …

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Psychedelic medicine group investigating a board member accused of financial elder abuse

18.05.2022

A leading psychedelics organization has launched an investigation of one of its board members after STAT reported allegations that she had taken financial advantage of an elderly Holocaust survivor and …

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