Psilocybin for major depression granted Breakthrough Therapy by FDA

Re:Psilocybin for major depression granted Breakthrough Ther... by realbarack on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @10:18AM (#21638968)

Pollan actually does go on the black market (still probably $200/hour though). You can't legally get a psychedelic trip guide in the US right now.

The point is that the exact people who are well-known and respected as black-market guides would become therapists in a world where such a profession were legal!

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Re:Psilocybin for major depression granted Breakthrough Ther... by jrochkind1 on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @10:31AM (#21639105)

> You can't legally get a psychedelic trip guide in the US right now.

Not entirely true, although only a few, there have been and continue to be legal studies involving psilocybin (also MDMA) in addition to the one in the OP.

Here is a smoking cessation study in Baltimore, involving a psilocybin psychedelic trip. https://www.quitsmokingbaltimore.org/

Here's an article about the findings of the 2014 pilot study on the same thing which describes the methodology to some extent. https://hub.jhu.edu/2014/09/11/magic-mushrooms-smoking/

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