by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Nov 8, 2020 | Psychedelic Medicine
MycoMeditations is a psychedelic-retreat company in Treasure Beach, Jamaica, that facilitates 10-day trips where attendees take psychedelic, or “magic,” mushrooms. Recent research has suggested that magic mushrooms, which contain the psychedelic compound...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Nov 8, 2020 | Psychedelic Medicine
There is a magical moment in the pharmaceutical industry when a government approves a new treatment. For companies researching psilocybin, the psychoactive component in psychedelic mushrooms, that moment is now. Late last year, the United States Food and Drug...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Nov 7, 2020 | Psychedelic Medicine
At 1 pm on Thursday, August 13, Zide Door—an entheogenic church in Oakland, California, that recognizes cannabis and psilocybin mushrooms as religious sacraments—was raided by Oakland Police Department (OPD) during parishioner visiting hours. Zide Door wasn’t just any...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Nov 7, 2020 | Psychedelic Medicine
August 4th, 2020 – Over 100 days after they first contacted the Health Minister of Canada–The Honourable Patty Hadju–four terminal cancer patients have been granted permission to use psilocybin therapy as a treatment for end-of-life stress and anxiety. After nearly...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Nov 7, 2020 | Psychedelic Medicine
Psychedelics have entered the mainstream, informing a multimillion dollar industry – but the majority of healthcare providers working directly with patients are unaware of the growing field of psychedelic therapy. The newly formed Psychedelic Medicine Association...
