Harvard Gazette // Center for the Study of World Religions and Petrie-Flom Center Experts from law, philosophy, spiritual care discuss issues surrounding research, safer use, kicking off Divinity School initiative….
An Interdisciplinary Look at Psychedelics and Ethics
Center for the Study of World Religions The event drew 400 attendees in-person and online to hear expert insights on key philosophical, legal, and spiritual issues in the field of psychedelics and ethics, including the contribution of bioethics, decolonial ethics, the role of informed consent, as well as the value of spiritual care approaches to…
Sacred Plant Biocultural Recovery Initiative Launched!
Mahindra Humanities Center In an Earth Day lecture at the Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard University, Dr. Gary Paul Nabhan reported initial results from a new assessment that underscores the globally unprecedented threats globally to plants traditionally employed by Indigenous cultures and religious faiths for centuries, if not millennia….
Branching Regulatory Paths and Dead Ends in Psychedelics
I. Glenn Cohen, The Regulatory Review The convergence of current psychedelics regulatory pathways may bring benefits and new challenges….
As California Seeks to Legalize Psychedelics for Therapy, Oregon Provides Key Lessons
KQED // Petrie-Flom Center Obtaining informed consent for psychedelics poses special challenges for practitioners, featuring Petrie-Flom’s Mason MarksCalifornia has an opportunity to massively expand places where people can use psychedelic drugs under supervision, according to a new bill proposing to legalize substances in approved service centers, including psilocybin, MDMA and mescaline for therapeutic use. By Sydney Johnson,…
What Patients Should Know Before Agreeing to Psychedelic Therapy
MedPage Today // Petrie-Flom Center Obtaining informed consent for psychedelics poses special challenges for practitioners, featuring Petrie-Flom’s Mason Marks…
Essentials of Informed Consent to Psychedelic Medicine
Mason Marks, Rebecca W. Brendel, Carmel Shachar, I. Glenn Cohen, JAMA Psychiatry Analysis of the challenges of designing and implementing psychedelic informed consent practices revealed 7 essential components, including the possibility of short- and long-term perceptual disturbances, potential personality changes and altered metaphysical beliefs, the limited role of reassuring physical touch, the potential for patient abuse or coercion, the role and risks…