by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Feb 8, 2020 | Addiction, Alcoholism, Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Kambo
Marking an impressive milestone in the development of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the treatment for Expanded Access, allowing certain patients access to the therapy before full market approval is...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Feb 8, 2020 | Addiction, Alcoholism, Bipolar Disorder, Depression, PTSD
Many use kratom to quit opioids; others just want to get high. There’s a push to regulate the plant-derived drug—but experts disagree on its safety. By her mid-20s, Faith Day was out of jail but homeless. She was also addicted to a substance now too legally...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Feb 8, 2020 | Addiction, Alcoholism, Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, PTSD
One of the more compelling areas of research currently being investigated in the world of psychedelic science is psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy to improve emotional well-being in patients with life-threatening cancer. A new study is offering the first long-term...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Feb 8, 2020 | Alcoholism, Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, PTSD
It’s the latest victory for psychedelic-reform advocates in the U.S. On Tuesday night, the Santa Cruz City Council unanimously voted to decriminalize a wide range of psychedelics. The resolution would make “the personal use and personal possession of...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Feb 8, 2020 | Addiction, Alcoholism, Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, Depression
While psychedelic drugs such as LSD, psilocybin, and DMT are most commonly associated with recreational highs and headtrips, a groundswell of academic opinion suggests that the substances could be utilized to serve a raft of therapeutic benefits as well. In Australia,...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Feb 8, 2020 | Addiction, Alcoholism, Anxiety
As more people become interested in trying psychedelics, spa-like retreats are popping up all over the world. Should people with mental health issues feel safe trying them? On a Saturday afternoon last year, I sat in a 100-year-old renovated church in Zandvoort, a...
