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The Psychedelics Industry’s Next Hurdle Is How to Go Mainstream

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The Psilocybin Supply Chain: Every Production Method Explained

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Ketamine For Psychedelic Mental Health Healing Grows In Popularity

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When traditional antidepressants fail, some depressed patients seek relief with ketamine

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Forget Burning Man — Psychedelic Shamans Now Heading to Davos

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This is your brain on ketamine: Inside the brave new world of psychedelic medicine

Psychedelics have huge potential to treat a range of mental illnesses. Field Trip Health is one of dozens of companies to leap into a sector reminiscent of the early days of the cannabis craze.

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Why There’s So Much Promise Around Psychedelics For Mental Health

Psychedelics seem poised to help a lot of people in a lot of pain.

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Meet Lauren Cabaldon of Field Trip Health

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These Four Companies Want to Take You on a Psychedelic Voyage in Oregon

Oregonians will soon have a front-row seat to what researchers and enthusiasts have dubbed the “psychedelic renaissance.”

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The Future of Psychedelic Medicine Will Be Drugs You’ve Never Heard Of

Scientists are designing new psychedelic-inspired drugs that don’t yet exist, which might have effects no one can yet describe.

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Canada approving psychedelics for therapy is a positive step, experts say

A doctor and a psychologist say Health Canada’s move to allow physicians to request restricted psychedelic drugs for patients as part of their psychotherapy is a positive step toward transforming mental-health care.

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Ketamine Therapy Is Going Mainstream. Are We Ready?

The mind-altering drug has been shown to help people suffering from anxiety and depression. But how it helps, who it will serve, and who will profit are open questions.

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Psychedelics Expansion: Field Trip Health Hires Former Peloton CMO Vicki Reed As Chief Growth Officer

We're doubling down on our mission to expand to new markets and bring the power of psychedelic-assisted therapy to the mainstream, as evidenced by our latest hire: Vicki Reed, a former CMO of Peloton, is joining the company as our Chief Growth Officer.

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As ketamine clinics emerge in Seattle to treat mental illness, so does debate about safety and regulations

At least 12 ketamine clinics are operating in the Seattle area. The clinics, which have been sprouting across North America the past couple of years, use the drug to treat mental illness.

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Psychedelic Therapy Is Poised To Create A Revolution In Mental Health, Can VR Accelerate It?

VR looks to cover the unmet need of assisting people unfamiliar with the use of psychedelics in clinical settings.

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Inside The Race To Create A Two-Hour Psychedelic Therapy Experience

Quick Trip: Companies like Atai and Field Trip are developing second-generation psychedelic drugs that have modified duration times in an effort to condense therapy into a two-hour window.

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Taking Ketamine And Facing My Fear of Dying

It's a question as old as human consciousness: what happens after we die? While we may never have a full answer, there are plenty of first-hand accounts from individuals who have perhaps touched the boundaries between life and the great unknown via near death experiences (NDEs). In this episode of Spiraling, VICE producer Zeke Spector tries to conquer his own fear of death by attempting to recreate the conditions of an NDE in order to try and understand understand what death might teach us about life itself.

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After a Traumatic Birth, New Mom Seeks Out Ketamine Therapy

Psychedelic drug therapy is gaining popularity. Lauren had a traumatic delivery of her twins and carried the trauma with her, and she is about to try her first sessions of ketamine therapy. Vice president of the Field Trip Health Care Practice Matt Emer shares what the treatment entails. Watch as Lauren undergoes this treatment and shares how she feels just afterward.

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I Tried Ketamine Therapy For My Depression, And I Made Some Wins Along The Way

"I've had depression for years now. I finally turned to a ketamine clinic for help."

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How ketamine therapy helped this Canadian veteran

After a 25 year military career, including two tours of Afghanistan, former master corporal Scott Atkinson struggled with post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, and chronic pain. After finding some relief in medical cannabis, he became interested in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. Then, he went through six sessions of ketamine therapy at our Toronto clinic. “It’s changed my life,” he says. “It’s given me a way to go now. I’m not as angry all the time. The anxiety isn’t there all the time. It’s better with my family and with my kids. A year ago I was a completely different person.”

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Harnessing the power of psychedelic drug therapy

A W5 investigation into an unconventional treatment for severe depression and PTSD that involves the drug ketamine.

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Countdown to ecstasy: how music is being used in healing psychedelic trips

Jon Hopkins timed his upcoming album to the length of a ketamine high, while apps are using AI music to tailor drug experiences. Welcome to a techno-chemical new frontier.

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‘Shrooms! Shamans! Kosher LSD! Why Los Angeles Is Suddenly Tripping Out

Housewives in the Hills are doing it. Hipsters in Los Feliz, too. L.A. has became ground zero for a new hallucinogen boom, with ayahuas ca ceremonies now as common as barbecues. But is microdosing shrooms really the answer to what ails Angelenos?

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“After six ketamine therapy sessions, I’m a different person”

Patrick Fletch speaks to Toronto Life about his experience with Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy at Field Trip Health.

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Three Toronto centres offering psychedelic-assisted therapy

Where to go for guided trips in Toronto.

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"Ketamine fixed what anti-depressants couldn't"

Janine Bajnauth speaks to Toronto Life about her experience with Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy at Field Trip Health.

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How Field Trip Health is providing patients with a new approach to mental health care

Ronan Levy, our executive chairman, speaks with Toronto life about the impact and future of psychedelic therapies.

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Field Trip Health co-founder and CEO Joseph del Moral on ketamine clinics, trademarking molecules, and trying psychedelic truffles in Amsterdam

Psychedelics may be one of the biggest recent breakthroughs in the mental health world, and Toronto’s Field Trip Health is determined to couple it with one of the oldest treatments in the book — psychotherapy.

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Could mushrooms, molly and acid be the new wave of mental health care?

Doctors are looking into psychedelics to possibly reduce anxiety and depression. NBC News’ Maya Eaglin reports on the new wave of mental health care.

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Magic Mushrooms May Be the Biggest Advance in Treating Depression Since Prozac

Depression, often characterized by feelings of worthlessness, profound apathy, exhaustion and persistent sadness, affects 320 million people around the world. In a typical year in the U.S., roughly 16 million adults, or 7 percent, suffer from a depression-related illness such as major depression, bipolar disorder or dysthymia. Roughly one-third of those who seek treatment won't respond to verbal or conventional drug therapies. Magic-mushroom therapy is offering some hope for these hopeless cases.

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A Renaissance for Psychedelics Could Fill a Long-Standing Treatment Gap for Psychiatric Disorders

Psilocybin and MDMA represent a first wave of therapies that help patients by changing the way they view reality.

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Ecstasy, LSD and magic mushrooms: are these drugs the future of therapy?

Scientists treating depression and a range of other mental illnesses have been running controlled trials using MDMA and psychedelic drugs such as LSD and the results have been encouraging.

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The worldview-changing drugs poised to go mainstream

The growing legitimacy of psychedelics as therapies promises to transform how we view the extraordinary, writes Ed Prideaux of BBC.

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Mushrooms are having a moment, most notably in the treatment of mental-health disorders and PTSD

The Globe and Mail surveys the current landscape in the psychedelic industry, and names some big key players in the Canadian space (us included!). Check out what executive chairman Ronan Levy has to say about the future of psychedelic drugs in modern medicine.

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All-Inclusive Magic Mushroom Retreats Are the New Luxury ‘Trips’

Resorts are starting to wake up to the appeal of mind expansion.

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Wearable Psychedelics Could Soon Give Users Maximum Control Over Their Trip

Scientists are working on a pharmaceutical device to help give people the best possible experiences on the likes of DMT and LSD.

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My brain on ketamine: In a struggle with depression, a new drug gives me hope, and more questions

Anna Mehler Paperny, author of the book Hello I Want To Die Please Fix Me, explores what it's like to take ketamine as a treatment option for treatment-resistant depression and discusses the landscape of current options in psychedelic treatment.

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Field Trip Health Stock Debuts, Adds to Psychedelic Names on the NASDAQ

Field Trip Health stock on Thursday finished higher in its first day on the Nasdaq, making it the latest psychedelics-focused company hoping to use a big U.S. exchange to attract investors.

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Can Psychedelics Be Used to Better Our Mental Health? Doctors Explain

Keeping up with the surge of "cure-all" wellness fads is a job in and of itself. In our column Wellness Inspector, we do the work for you, closely examining these trends to see if they're worth your hard-earned pennies—or whether they're just hype.

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How Should We Do Drugs Now?

After a half century spent waging war on drugs, Americans seem ready to sue for peace. The 2020 elections brought plenty of proof that voters have leapt ahead of politicians in recognizing both the failures of the drug war and the potential of certain illicit drugs as powerful tools for healing.

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How a Psychedelics Call-In Line is Helping People Trip Better

Today, a Google turn ups the number for the Psychedelic Peer Support Line, sponsored by Fireside Project, launched in April as a one-year pilot offering limited hours Thursdays through Mondays. The support line, which can be reached by texting or calling 62-FIRESIDE (623-473-7433), was envisioned by former lawyer Joshua White in the early months of the pandemic, when the possibility of widespread psychedelic healing was the one thing giving him hope.

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Psilocybin repairs ‘brains cells damaged by depression’ Yale study shows

A new study by researchers at Yale University has shown that a single dose of psilocybin given to mice prompted an immediate and long-lasting increase in connections between neurons. Psilocybin is a naturally occurring compound found in magic mushrooms and has been touted as a potential treatment for depression in recent years. However, the mechanics of exactly how psilocybin works in the brain and how long beneficial results might last is still unclear.

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Single Dose of Psychedelic Compound Psilocybin Can Remodel Connections in the Brain

Psilocybin, a psychedelic compound that can be derived from over 200 species of mushroom, can remodel connections in the mouse brain. That is the conclusion of a new study that examined structural changes in the brain that might explain psilocybin’s enduring antidepressant effects.

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Harvard Lawyers Will Study the Legal Questions Around Psychedelic Treatment

Funded in part by Tim Ferriss, the Project on Psychedelics Law and Regulation will tackle the many unanswered legal questions facing psychedelic-assisted therapy.

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Ketamine-assisted therapy lifted me out of depression. But it remains costly — and controversial

This First Person article is the experience of Julian Uzielli, an associate producer with CBC Radio's Podcast Playlist. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Reddit LinkedIn Email Julian Uzielli says ketamine therapy has helped his chronic depression. Now, clinics are opening across Canada.

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Psychedelics Have Positively Impacted Mental Health in Canada—What Else Will They Change?

Field Trip Medical Director Dr. Michael Verbora & Executive Chairman Ronan Levy sit down with Nuvo Magazine to examine the current landscape of psychedelic healthcare, with an emphasis on our method of healing and the legalities of psilocybin.

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Breakfast Television Interviews Dr. Mike Dow

The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified the spiraling mental health crisis in Canada. Here to talk about how psychedelic drug therapy can help is psychotherapist Dr. Mike Dow.

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Can Mike Tyson and psychedelics help boxers with brain trauma?

The former heavyweight champion says psychedelics would have helped him with his mental health during his career. Some scientists and companies agree.

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Dr. Dominique Morisano: “Get a good set of headphones, and suggest the same for your clients”

One of the consequences of the pandemic is the dramatic growth of Telehealth and Telemedicine. But how can doctors and providers best care for their patients when they are not physically in front of them? What do doctors wish patients knew in order to make sure they are getting the best results even though they are not actually in the office? How can Telehealth approximate and even improve upon the healthcare that traditional doctors’ visits can provide?

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California Senate Approves Bill To Legalize Possession Of Psychedelics Like Psilocybin And LSD

A bill to legalize possession of psychedelics in California was approved by the California Senate on Tuesday. The legislation, sponsored by Sen. Scott Wiener (D), which previously cleared three committees, passed 21-16 on the floor.