We provide context about this EO & the people who engineered this moment behind the scenes. This move represents a crystallization of right-wing interest in the psychedelic industry & a step towards oligarch monopolization of psychedelic medicines.
youtu.be/VI2GMUDT-ig
“I thought MAGA types hated cardiac toxicity. Y'all got hyped over vaccine myocarditis, which is orders of magnitude smaller than the risk with Ibogaine.” - Tyler Black
@psymposia.bsky.social #psychedelics #bicycleday #ideologyeverydamnday
Last week the @pact-lab.bsky.social colluded with my family to throw a surprise roller rink party to celebrate my promotion 🎉
[Temporarily overlooking their ease in lying/deceiving me in the planning of this event] I am incredibly grateful to work alongside this team 💪
CONGRATS to postdoc @ryanntansey.bsky.social on receiving a Canada Postdoctoral Research Award from CIHR (and scoring in the top 5%!) 🎉
Ryann is the neuroimaging lead on our team & this fellowship will support her in exploring impact of psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy using MR spectroscopy 🧠 🍄
Health experts across the country are warning that closing supervised consumption sites will cause a massive increase in public drug use.
And with Medetomidine now present in street supply and Narcan having no effect on it, it also means more deaths.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
LIVE: Indigenous organizations are in Ottawa talking about the government’s decision to end MMIWG funding.
"Medetomidine can be thought of as the direct successor to xylazine. It's not associated with soft-tissue infections, but has distinct side effects of its own, including a withdrawal process that can require intensive hospital care."
‼️ 📝 It's time for a PaCT Lab publication round up! 📝 ‼️
What has the lab been getting up to in the past year or so (other than many great meals together)?
See this thread ⬇️
Apparently our podcast made it on the million podcast list of top 70 psychedelic podcasts!
Coming at 39, we’re just happy to be on the same list as some of our own faves.
www.millionpodcasts.com/psychedelic-...
Scheduling mifepristone largely invalidates the point of the schedule.
Ostensibly, the schedule is meant to monitor drugs *which have the ability to form physical dependence*.
This step makes the schedule a list of drugs that lawmakers dislike for feelings reasons.
www.pbs.org/news-hour/sh...
Happy October!
We’ve dropped a new episode discussing a paper on naturalistic psilocybin use & profile analysis related to cognition and addictive personality factors 🍄
Tune in wherever you get your pods!
open.spotify.com/episode/4XNQ...
In preparing for the 2025 Cannabinoid GRC next month, I have put together a starter pack! Please tag folks I might have missed: go.bsky.app/JmeZk14
What do we know about the endocannabinoid system in developmental psychopathology?🤔
Find out in our recent paper, led by @pact-lab.bsky.social postdocs @ryanntansey.bsky.social & @marcdferger.bsky.social + collaborator extraordinaire @hmarusak.bsky.social 👇
Join the Shulgin Foundation & SSDP to kick off a new collaborative educational webinar series that showcases the Shulgin Foundation’s scientific expertise alongside SSDP’s policy advocacy. 💊🔬🧪⚖️
I’m honored to sit alongside Hamilton Morris & Robert Rush for this incredible panel discussion! 🤩
The clinical challenge: How do we incorporate entity encounters into therapeutic work?
Current research lacks clear guidelines for therapists handling reports of spiritual entities during integration sessions, despite how common and impactful these experiences are.
🧵Alberta’s new legislation to force people who use drugs into withdrawal and long-term confinement passed this week. There are few limitations, despite political pronouncements that it will only target the “most severely addicted.” 1/
Its a long weekend here in Canada, which seems appropriate to mourn our recent @npp-journal.bsky.social paper, in which we find that FAAH inhibition does NOT improve symptoms in PTSD🙁
A heroic effort w/ @cannabrain.bsky.social @connorhaggarty.bsky.social @ryanntansey.bsky.social & many more 🧵⬇️
“People with mental illness do not need additional punishment.”
- @bonnierae.bsky.social
Psychedelics ≯ neoliberalism, capitalism, criminalization.
“it’s putting a bandaid onto a systemic wound that we will not really cover… we need to address a systemic problem that keeps thinking that one’s have more value than another, and that it is legit to oppress others”
-Dr. Yuria Celidwen
New research on physical touch in psychedelic therapy reveals fascinating tensions in the field - a thread #psychedelicscience
Could you imagine if the head of the United States healthcare system didn’t believe that HIV caused AIDS?
…And that instead they believed that AIDS is caused by recreational drugs (“poppers”) used by gay people?
Oh wait…🥴
I'm thrilled so many profs use @crackdownpod.bsky.social episodes in their curriculum. Might I suggest including my book by the same name? Learning outcomes include: harm reduction, decrim, methadone, safe supply, HIV, PTSD, sex work, advocacy, research, etc www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/700597...
Interesting new study on HPPD in psychedelics. A prospective study found that younger age, female gender, history of psychiatric diagnosis, and high "absorption" trait are significant predictors of HPPD-type effects. #psychedelicscience
We're recruiting a new therapist(s) for ongoing & upcoming clinical trials with psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy at @ucalgary.bsky.social
Come join our diverse, growing @pact-lab.bsky.social team exploring evidence-based psychedelic interventions!
Ad here: careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1601602...
We have a new top streamed episode!! With 338 streams “Ambivalence in the psychedelic experience” featuring Abigail Calder of University of Fribourg takes the number 1 spot!
Stream now wherever you get your pods or on our website!
Danielle Smith, who rode to office complaining that vaccines weren’t supported by evidence…
Is now revoking people’s Charter rights to force treatment that she openly admits she has no evidence to support.
Read that again
Then watch this clip.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
