Month: November 2021

‘Cover Story’ Podcast Goes Into World of Psychedelic Therapy – The Cut

Mind. Body. Control. Uncover the dark truth in Power Trip, a new investigative series with original reporting from New York Magazine. Lily Kay Ross (center) pictured with Neşe Devenot (right) and a Horizons attendee. Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photos: Provided In the premiere episode of Power Trip, the first season of New York Magazine’s new investigative podcast series Cover Story, we embark on an …

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Florida Lawmaker Files Bill To Decriminalize All Currently Illicit Drugs – Marijuana Moment

The top federal drug researcher says even she is reluctant to conduct studies on Schedule I drugs like marijuana because of the “cumbersome” rules that scientists face when investigating them. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), made the comments during a Wednesday forum moderated by The Hill and sponsored by …

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LETTER: Galesburg should decriminalize psychedelic drugs – Galesburg Register-Mail

Editor, Register-Mail: A friend alerted me to an article in the New York Times: “Veterans Have Become Unlikely Lobbyists in Push to Legalize Psychedelic Drugs.” It says that “Lawmakers find it hard to ‘just say no’ to combat veterans seeking support for drug decriminalization efforts gaining traction around the country.” Jose Martinez is a former Army gunner whose …

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Inside The Race To Create A Two-Hour Psychedelic Therapy Experience – Forbes

Quick Trip: Companies like Atai and Field Trip are developing second-generation psychedelic drugs that have modified duration times in an effort to condense therapy into a two-hour window. AFP via Getty Images Getting well takes time, but the promise of drugs like psilocybin, the main ingredient of “magic mushrooms,” and MDMA, also known as Molly, …

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Jon Hopkins: Music for Psychedelic Therapy Album Review – Pitchfork

What music should soundtrack the psychedelic revolution? That’s one of many meta-inquiries bewildering neuroscientists as they work to make psychedelic-assisted therapy more widely available—and legal. The music, they’ve discovered, really matters, since it not only supports the trip but can actually shape it, steering the patient toward new mental frontiers. And yet, most clinical researchers …

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Bipartisan cannabis decrim bill in WI (Newsletter: November 17, 2021) – Marijuana Moment

SD lawmakers advance legalization bill; NYC subway bans marijuana & psilocybin ads; DC farmers market cannabis amendment Subscribe to receive Marijuana Moment’s newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning. It’s the best way to make sure you know which cannabis stories are shaping the day. Your support makes Marijuana Moment possible… Your good deed for the …

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Biden FDA pick prescribed cannabis meds (Newsletter: November 15, 2021) – Marijuana Moment

DEA again boosts psychedelics production; OH medical marijuana expansion bill; Study: Legalizing cannabis didn’t increase traffic injuries Subscribe to receive Marijuana Moment’s newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning. It’s the best way to make sure you know which cannabis stories are shaping the day. Your support makes Marijuana Moment possible… Free to read (but not …

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Psychedelic therapy research is on the horizon for Texas veterans with PTSD – Houston Public Media – Houston Public Media

Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center. Earlier this year, signed into law a bill that might come as a surprise in a conservative state like Texas. House Bill 1802 will allow research on a novel treatment gaining traction in the mental health world: psychedelic therapy. The Health and Human Services Commission, Baylor College of Medicine …

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Denver City Council Considers Expanding Psilocybin Decriminalization – Marijuana Moment

Denver was the first city in the U.S. to decriminalize psilocybin mushrooms—and two and half years after the reform was approved by voters, a panel established under the initiative working to build upon that success. The City Council’s Finance and Governance Committee delved into the issue at a hearing on Tuesday, with members of the …

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Detroit mushroom vote adds momentum to Michigan efforts to decriminalize psychedelics – MLive.com

Advocates for a world — or at least a state — where possessing and using certain plants, fungi or their psychedelic compounds isn’t illegal made headway in Michigan this Nov. 2 election. Detroit became the latest city to “decriminalize nature,” as supporters call it. Proposal E, a ballot initiative passed with 61% of voters supporting …

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