Legislators are aiming to decriminalize psychedelics and academics are researching the drugs’ ability to treat mental health issues Read more ⤵️
On Tuesday, San Francisco Supervisors Dean Preston and Hillary Ronen introduced legislation that would would decriminalize use and possession of psilocybin mushrooms and other entheogenic plants such as mescaline.
Pollan also noted, “Not many people were doing basic science, trying to understand how it is that psychedelics have the effects they have and why they’re effective in the treatment of various mental disorders. We want to figure out what psychedelics might teach us about things like perception, predictive processing, belief change and brain plasticity.”
The center is also developing a training program for medical professionals who want to guide patients through psychedelics treatment. A study performed by John Hopkins Medicine found that two doses of psilocybin, along with supportive psychotherapy, reduced depressive symptoms in over half of the patients diagnosed with major depression. After four weeks, 54% of patients were considered to be in remission, meaning that they were no longer clinically depressed.
As the field of psychedelic therapy expands and the need for trained facilitators potentially increases, center leaders said they want to avoid the traditional exclusion of marginalized communities.
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