Mason Marks, Fordham Law Review This Essay provides a typology of state drug laws comprising thirteen categories, including decriminalization, recriminalization, adult use, supported adult use, medical use, supported medical use, religious use, social consumption, safe consumption, clinical research, policy analysis, trigger laws, and food and agricultural laws. Several states have enacted hybrid legislation that blends…
Xochipilli: Psychedelic Plants, Song, and Ritual in Aztec Religion
Osiris González Romero, CSWR Theosis Xochipilli, a deity linked to songs, flowers, the rising sun, joy, games, and fertility, holds profound significance in Aztec religion. Historical sources characterize this deity as revered by nobles, elite principals, and guilds of artists, revered in both masculine and feminine forms. Yet Xochipilli is an understudied deity. This essay offers…
Psychedelic Therapy Scrutinized by FDA Advisory Committee?
Mason Marks, JAMA Network…
Developing an Ethics and Policy Framework for Psychedelic Clinical Care: A Consensus Statement
Amy L. McGuire, I. Glenn Cohen, Dominic Sisti, Mason Marks, et. al., JAMA Network As government agencies around the globe contemplate approval of the first psychedelic medicines, many questions remain about their ethical integration into mainstream medical practice. From June 9 to 12, 2023, 27 individuals representing the perspectives of clinicians, researchers, Indigenous groups, industry,…
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….
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…