Amid rising rates of depression, suicide, and substance use disorders, drug makers have scaled back investment in mental health research. Psychedelics may fill the growing need for innovative psychiatric drugs,...
During the Monday council briefing, several Seattle City Councilmembers indicated some support for decriminalizing psychedelic drugs as they affixed their names to a letter that asked the Overdose Emergency and...
An update from CEO, David Bronner, about the decriminalization of psychedelics & plant medicines on the West Coast—and the need to respect Indigenous leaders regarding the decriminalization & conservation of...
“They did everything that they could to fight this until the people had spoken," a former state lawmaker said of the church.
Democrats unveil bill to decriminalize drug possession at federal level, expunge records "It's time to put wellness and compassion ahead of trauma and punishment," Congresswoman Cori Bush said in a...
A frank conversation for Seattle City Council.
In the last two decades, researchers have started to reexamine psychedelics for their therapeutic potential. Though initial results seem promising, the research has a significant shortcoming: the lack of racial...
A Zoom meeting with Alan Christopher and Lady Nadia Doe.
This article previously appeared on Harvard Law School’s Bill of Health. In December 2019, I proposed a ballot measure, now known as Initiative 81, which would effectively decriminalize natural psychedelics...
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