Pα+ Psychedelic Bulletin #165:
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- A Closer Look at a Buzzy Oral Ketamine for Depression Study;
- UN Weighs In on Psychedelics;
- Another CA Psychedelics Bill Fails
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Pα+ Psychedelic Bulletin #165:
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RAND has published a 161-page report on the state of non-medical psychedelic use in an effort to inform policymakers in the U.S. and beyond. Psychedelic Alpha is pleased to be cited as a source of data and analysis in the piece.
“The plaintiffs are challenging OHA’s “failure to ensure” that the psilocybin program doesn’t discriminate against physically disabled individuals.”
“Canada now joins Switzerland as one of the few countries where cluster headache patients have been explicitly authorised to use psychedelics outside of clinical trials”, said the Organisation for the Prevention of Intense Suffering (OPIS).
“We are going to have to regulate ourselves, and our professional organizations have a role to play in developing guidelines to help clinicians,” Paul Appelbaum said.
“Greg and Matias interview Josh Hardman, founder and editor of Psychedelic Alpha, to discuss the recent FDA advisory committee meeting on Lykos Therapeutics’ MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD.”
Laurel Kilgour’s 6-week online summer course via Stanford Continuing Studies returns to provide an overview of topics like psychedelic patents, monopolisation risks, ethical implications of commercialising plant medicine, and so on.
Pα+ Psychedelic Bulletin #164:
“The prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder among college students rose to 7.5 percent in 2022, more than double the rate five years earlier, researchers found.”
MDMA-AT COVERAGE RAMPS UP AHEAD OF FDA ADCOMM
A variety of mainstream outlets are running stories on Lykos Therapeutics’ upcoming FDA advisory committee, slated for next Tuesday.
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