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Re:Johns Hopkins Launches Center for Psychedelic Research by halleonard on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @05:17PM (#20881520)
A family member was a patient in the Psilocybin study dealing with cancer / end of life anxiety and the experience utterly transformed her life in a positive way.

Seeing this center open brings tears to my eyes.

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Re:Johns Hopkins Launches Center for Psychedelic Research by MarkMc on Thursday September 05, 2019 @12:15PM (#20888147)
I have a close family member also dealing with cancer/end of life anxiety - to the point where she cannot sleep and gets physical stomach pains from anxiety.

She has tried meditation but I don't think it's been very effective for her. And we are in Australia and so cannot sign up for the John's Hopkins study. Can anyone recommend another effective way to reduce her anxiety?

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Re:Johns Hopkins Launches Center for Psychedelic Research by jcims on Thursday September 05, 2019 @12:08AM (#20883770)
Do you happen to have any more info on this?
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Re:Johns Hopkins Launches Center for Psychedelic Research by b0tch7 on Thursday September 05, 2019 @12:25AM (#20883826)
Read How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan!! https://www.amazon.com/Change-Your-Mind-Consciousness-Transc...
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Re:Johns Hopkins Launches Center for Psychedelic Research by abyssin on Thursday September 05, 2019 @04:10AM (#20884796)
I spent some years reading on the topic of psychedelics and this book would have saved me a lot of time. It's an enjoyable read, a nice story, and it covers most aspects of the topic.
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Re:Johns Hopkins Launches Center for Psychedelic Research by andy_ppp on Thursday September 05, 2019 @05:15AM (#20885105)
If you want to hear what Pollen has to say before buying the book: https://tim.blog/2019/03/21/michael-pollan-sxsw/
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Re:Johns Hopkins Launches Center for Psychedelic Research by jcims on Thursday September 05, 2019 @01:35AM (#20884122)
Will definitely check it out thx. Also interested in any active studies for folks with cancer like GP mentioned.
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