Month: September 2021

CHICAGO (NewsNation Now) — The state of Texas has approved a bill that allows clinical studies to be conducted on the effectiveness of psychedelic therapy in treating veterans with PTSD.  Marcus Capone, a veteran and advocate for the bill, joined NewsNation’s “The Donlon Report” on Wednesday to talk about his experience with the treatment.  “It’s …

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Michael Pollan’s hugely influential new book on psychedelic medicine, How to Change Your Mind, is a watershed moment in calling a truce in the war on drugs. And decriminalizing psychedelics, including MDMA and psilocybin mushrooms, is, generally speaking, a good thing. But Pollan’s wide-eyed account is overly enthusiastic and largely uncritical, and there is at …

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Sep 22, 2021 TODAY Sleep, exercise, therapy and antidepressants are some of the top remedies prescribed to assist the 1 in 4 Americans who struggle with mental health issues. But while these are all critical and effective tools, are they enough? After all, suicide is among the leading causes of death in the U.S., especially …

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Midway through Hulu’s limited series “Nine Perfect Strangers,” created by David E. Kelley, the guests at a luxurious wellness retreat on a remote stretch of the California coast realize that their host, Masha (Nicole Kidman), has been drugging them with psychedelics. They’re initially upset: They hadn’t given consent for this. But none of them leaves. …

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