mental health

Are Business Interests Shaping Oregon’s Psilocybin Regulations?

A top adviser to the Oregon state government on its legal psilocybin therapy program has quit amid complaints that he…

March 17, 2022

Kratom Helps Me Cope With Life, So What’s the Problem?

A kilo is surprisingly heavy, I thought as I dropped the package onto my mattress with a thud. I never…

March 10, 2022

How My Drinking Was Used to Deny Me Treatment for Depression

Five years ago, I called the hotline for adult psychological services at a major university hospital’s psychiatry department. After completing…

March 7, 2022

Potential Benefits of LSD Microdosing Remain Unclear After Latest Study

Does microdosing LSD make you happier and smarter? Many believe so, but a new placebo-controlled study doesn't broadly support the…

March 3, 2022

How Will Oregon Teach and Train Psilocybin Healers?

In November 2020, Oregon voters approved a ballot initiative, Measure 109, to legalize psilocybin for therapeutic use. We're now well…

February 25, 2022

Cubes to Wood Lovers’ Paralysis: Oregon’s Therapeutic Psilocybin Plan

On February 8, Oregon officials proposed the first set of rules to regulate legal psilocybin therapy in Oregon. The state's…

February 18, 2022

How I Quit Heroin and Why That Hasn’t Fixed My Life

There exists a common misconception that if a person uses illicit drugs, all of their problems stem from their drug…

January 27, 2022

English Councils Improve Smoking Cessation Work Despite Funding Cuts

A survey published by Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) and Cancer Research UK on January 24 revealed how local…

January 25, 2022

Alcohol and Dementia: Why the Evidence Has Been Suppressed

A familiar substance has repeatedly been associated with protection against dementia. But we’re not allowed to learn that. Instead, government…

December 20, 2021

Canada Allows Three Mental Health Patients to Access Psilocybin Therapy

Canada's top health agency has agreed to allow an additional three people to use psilocybin mushrooms, a naturally-occurring psychedelic, as…

December 16, 2021