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Vancouver SunHealth Canada denies health care practitioners access to psilocybin for training purposes
About a month after Health Canada amended the Special Access Program (SAP), allowing physicians to request patient access to restricted...
Read MoreMuggleheadCanadian advocates denounce ‘flawed’ system for legal psilocybin access
Denying access to psilocybin for palliative care patients seems arbitrary and cruel, advocates say. Spencer Hawkswell, CEO of Victoria-based non-profit...
Read MoreLetters of Support from Experts re: Access to Psilocybin for Training Purposes
Below you will find letters of support from healthcare professionals, researchers and experts advocating for healthcare professionals to have legal...
Read MoreLucid NewsHealth Canada Takes Small Step Towards Accessible Psychedelic Medicine
Canada may be the first G7 country to fully legalize cannabis for recreational use, but when it comes to psychedelics,...
Read MoreBBCFungi: The New Frontier – Us and them
It all started with rumours of an 800-meter underground organism hidden under the streets of Cambridge and a plate of...
Read MoreDrug ScienceRight to Try Psychedelic Therapy with Spencer Hawkswell
This week’s episode features Spencer Hawkswell the CEO of TheraPsil – a non-profit coalition dedicated to helping Canadians in medical...
Read MoreCHEK NewsPsychedelics approved for medical use in Canada a ‘step in the right direction’ but not far enough, say experts
Bruno Guevrémont served 15 years in the Canadian armed forces, with two traumatic tours of Afghanistan under his belt. “I...
Read MoreMYPGNOWAdvocates say psychedelics approval doesn’t go far enough
Health Canada approved psychedelics like MDMA (ecstasy) and psilocybin (mushrooms) for medical use in Canada, but some advocates said that...
Read MoreVancouver SunB.C. doctors now able to access MDMA, magic mushrooms for the seriously ill
Seriously ill patients who have exhausted conventional treatments for their mental health now have a new, legal option — psychedelics....
Read MoreTheGrowthOpWhat Canada’s special access program means for patients and doctors
The Special Access Program that launched last week, allowing Canadians to potentially access restricted drugs on a case-by-case basis ,...
Read MoreMuggleheadWhat amendments to Canada’s restricted drug program mean for patients and practitioners
While recent changes to Canada’s Special Access Program (SAP) — which allows healthcare professionals to request unregulated drugs for patients...
Read MoreGlobal NewsPsychedelics approved for medical use in Canada
Health care advocates are calling it a major breakthrough in treating serious or life-threatening conditions. As Aaron McArthur reports, Health...
Read MoreCannabis WikiGrow Up – Niagara – 2021 – Spencer Hawkswell and Thomas Hartle
TheraPsil is a non-profit coalition dedicated to helping Canadians in medical need access legal, psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy to treat end-of-life distress....
Read MoreCBC NewsPsychedelic Therapy Panel Discussion
On January 1st, 2022, CBC News hosted a panel discussion about the medical benefits of psychedelic psychotherapy in Canada. The...
Read MoreFilterCanada Allows Three Mental Health Patients to Access Psilocybin Therapy
Canada’s top health agency has agreed to allow an additional three people to use psilocybin mushrooms, a naturally-occurring psychedelic, as...
Read MoreThe Dales ReportAfter 283 Days, Health Minister (Finally) Grants Psilocybin Exemptions To Three Canadians With Mental Health Conditions
After waiting more than nine months, three Canadians were finally granted exemptions to legally undergo psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy by the federal...
Read MoreCBCMore patients granted psilocybin exemption by federal government
Another three patients who have petitioned the federal government to use psilocybin therapy as a treatment for their mental health...
Read MoreCanndora ConnectWomen in Psychedelics
Women in Psychedelics on December 8th, 2021 offered attendees a unique experience, providing collaboration, networking, inspiration, and advice for women's...
Read MoreNational PostThree Canadians with mental health conditions receive legal access to psilocybin mushrooms
Three Canadians struggling with mental health conditions have received exemptions to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act from the federal...
Read MoreCanada’s Federal Health Minister Compassionately Grants 3 Patient’s ‘Section 56 Exemptions’ for Psilocybin Mushrooms to treat their Depression and Anxiety
Victoria BC, December 14th, 2021 3 Canadians, who have been struggling with mental health conditions including depression, anxiety, and PTSD...
Read MoreTruffle ReportThe State of the Psychedelics Industry: ‘It’s a Dinner Table Conversation Now’
The first panel focused on the topic ‘The State of the Psychedelics Industry,’ and featured CannDelta CEO and co-founder Sherry...
Read MoreThe WalrusTake Two Shrooms and Call Me in the Morning: The Medical Promise of Magic Mushrooms
SIX YEARS AGO, on a late fall evening, I stood in front of a pinball machine, flummoxed. The game was...
Read MoreThe Globe and MailThe promise and pitfalls of psychedelics
Turn on the TV or flip through the latest bestseller list and it’s clear there’s a renewed interest in the...
Read MoreMicrodoseWill Canada’s New Health Minister be Psychedelic Friendly?
Is Canada’s psychedelic future secure? Progress in recent years has been encouraging, but between four-year elections and 24-hour news cycles,...
Read MoreTruffle ReportSpencer Hawkswell and Andrew Charrette
In this special Lift & Co. Expo episode of Truffle Talks, James speaks with Spencer Hawkswell of TheraPsil and Andrew...
Read MoreTruffle ReportTheraPsil and Imperial College London, McGill University Partner on Psilocybin Study
A Canadian nonprofit organization has launched a collaborative study to examine the effectiveness of psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy on patients who have...
Read MoreRoots to Thrive celebrates first legal Psilocybin Mushroom group therapy treatment for nine end-of life-patients: A therapeutic first in North America
Additional Information: TheraPsil is honored to have supported all nine of the patients involved in this precedent-setting group therapy, apply for...
Read MoreLetter to Ministers Duclos and Bennett Re: Proposed Regulations for Medical Access to Psilocybin
From: TheraPsil, Victoria, BC Via Email: hcminister.ministresc@hc-sc.gc.ca CC: jean-yves.duclos@parl.gc.ca CC: carolyn.bennett@parl.gc.ca To: Honourable Minister of Health Jean-Yves Duclos Minister of...
Read MoreThe Globe and MailMedical psilocybin use should be decided by a patient and their doctor, not the government
In 2017, I applied for Canada’s first class-action exemption to criminal drug laws on behalf of all terminally ill cancer...
Read MoreThe Growth OPTheraPsil launches psilocybin-therapy study alongside researchers from McGill, Imperial College London
TheraPsil, a B.C.-based non-profit, has launched its first-ever research collaboration as it continues to advocate for the legalization of psilocybin...
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