Approved for MAiD.
Denied psilocybin therapy.
In Canada, patients are approved to die before they're approved to heal. TheraPsil is fighting to change that.
Pete asked for relief. He was denied.
Pete Pearson is living with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a terminal lung disease with no cure. With support from his doctors, he applied to Health Canada for legal access to psilocybin therapy to ease his end-of-life anxiety and distress.
He waited nearly a year. His request was denied.
Weeks later, he was approved for Medical Assistance in Dying.
"I don't want to die. I want to live whatever time I have left with peace, with dignity, and without this constant panic hanging over me."
Pete PearsonA judge had to order Health Canada to reconsider.
Jody Lance is a Calgary man who spent years living with cluster headaches, one of the most painful conditions known to medicine. Conventional treatments failed. Small doses of psilocybin were the only thing that worked.
Health Canada denied his application. It took a Federal Court judge ordering a new decision before Health Canada would reconsider. Jody was also approved for MAiD during this time.
When his renewal came up, Health Canada sat on the file for months. Another court application was needed just to get a response. That is what patients are up against.
The evidence is clear. The access is not.
Psilocybin therapy has demonstrated meaningful results in clinical research, yet patients continue to face bureaucratic denial while Canada's MAiD program expands.
of participants experience significant relief from depression and anxiety after psilocybin therapy in clinical trials.
of all deaths in Canada are now MAiD — while psilocybin therapy, with strong evidence behind it, remains inaccessible.
guaranteed access pathways exist for eligible patients seeking psilocybin therapy in Canada today.
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