Slice of PLOS: Psychedelics in the Lab and Clinic: Making Up for Lost Time

0000-0002-8715-2896 Slice of PLOS: Psychedelics in the Lab and Clinic: Making Up for Lost Time   post-info AddThis Sharing Buttons above Nearly 50 years ago, psychiatrists lost access to one of the most promising tools

Science for the People: Psychedelic Treatments

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This week, we’re talking about powerful mind-altering substances, and their potential to help treat serious mental and physical illness. We’ll spend the hour with Brad Burge, Director of Communications and Marketing at Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), talking about their research and advocacy around the medical, legal, and cultural context of the therapeutic use of psychedelics.

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*Josh provides research help to Science for the People and is, therefore, completely biased.


Filed under: Follies of the Human Condition Tagged: Brad Burge, Maps, Podcast, psychedelics, science for the people

What Kind of Buddhist was Steve Jobs, Really?

Kobun-ChinoKobun Chino Otogawa, Steve Jobs’ Zen teacher. One reason I was looking forward to reading Walter Isaacson’s new biography of Steve Jobs was my hope that, as a sharp-eyed reporter, Isaacson would probe to the