MedPage Today // Petrie-Flom Center Obtaining informed consent for psychedelics poses special challenges for practitioners, featuring Petrie-Flom’s Mason Marks…
Unlocking Transformation: The Crucial Role of Psychedelic Integration
Center for the Study of World Religions The event, part of the “Psychedelics and the Future of Religion, Transcendence, and Transformation” programming series, focused on integration, a pivotal aspect of psychedelic therapy and spiritual experiences. The panelists collectively addressed the diverse frameworks and methodologies used in integration, ranging from training models to ethnographic studies and…
Treat addiction with psychedelics?
Harvard Gazette // Petrie-Flom Center Despite promise of success stories from patients in recovery, Law School panel cautions that research is lacking on benefits vs. risks…
What psychedelics legalisation and decriminalisation looks like around the world
BBC // Petrie-Flom Center Featuring Petrie-Flom’s Mason Marks in BBC: Psychedelics see increased legalisation and decriminalisation globally as treatment usages expand….
Towards Intersectionality in Critical Psychedelic Studies: The Psychedelic Intersections Conference
Center for the Study of World Religions The “Psychedelic Intersections: Cross-cultural Manifestations of the Sacred” conference, held at Harvard Divinity School on February 17, 2024, provided an unprecedented forum for the exploration of psychedelic spirituality across diverse cultural and disciplinary landscapes, and welcomed more than 230 in-person and 800 remote attendees. The conference sought to…
Why regulators may toss cold water on buzz over psychedelics
The Harvard Gazette // Petrie-Flom Center The Gazette spoke with Mason Marks, a visiting professor at Harvard Law School who leads the School’s Project on Psychedelics Law and Regulation at the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics. Marks wrote about the potential for collision between state and federal laws in a December…
FDA to review MDMA-assisted therapy, a milestone for psychedelics
The Washington Post // Petrie-Flom Center By Daniel Gilbert & David Ovalle, featuring Mason Marks…
Massachusetts weighs the legalization of psychedelics — and the future of tripping
Boston Globe // Petrie-Flom Center A proposed ballot measure stirs deeper questions about how we should approach hallucinogenic drugs. By David Scharfenberg, featuring Mason Marks…
Front of mind for Michael Pollan: psychedelics
Harvard Gazette What is unique to the new Harvard project, Pollan stressed, is its integration of expertise from the Divinity School and Law School as well as disciplines from across the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Scholars at the University of California, Berkeley, will also contribute. This diversity of thought will enable researchers to pursue…
Psychedelic Assisted Therapy: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
HBO // Petrie-Flom Center Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Psychedelic Assisted Therapy, featuring Mason Marks and I. Glenn Cohen…