Tag: mental health
How We Still Find Joy After Decades in Prison
After nearly 30 years in prison, I still find moments of joy and happiness. ...
An Instructive Experience With Opium Poppy Tea
Like many overthinkers and traumatized people, I sleep poorly. My insomnia sometimes worsens to ...
If Suicidal Prisoners Should “Ask for Help,” Stop Taking Away Our Phones
The National Suicide Prevention Hotline posters showed up around 2018, when the outside world ...
Atlantic Canada’s New Hospital Services for People Who Use Drugs
There are all kinds of reasons a person who uses drugs might need to ...
Utah’s New Law to Authorize MDMA and Psilocybin Therapy
Utah is the latest state, and a notably conservative one, to authorize some form ...
Study Links Cannabis Use to Decreased Odds of Cognitive Decline
Marijuana use is associated with lower odds of subjective cognitive decline (SCD), according to ...
California’s Prop 1 Would Expand Forced Treatment, Advocates Warn
On March 5, California voters will decide on Proposition 1. The ballot measure, backed ...
MDMA Close to Being Legal Medicine, as FDA Grants Priority Review
MDMA is getting ever closer to becoming a legal medicine. The federal Food and ...
EU to Fund Study of Psilocybin for Patients in Palliative Care
The European Union is putting money into a psychedelic study with patients who are ...
The Tightrope of Talking About Mental Health in Prison
Dan*, a 40-something prisoner in Tennessee’s South Central Correctional Facility (SCCF), wants to make ...
