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Vancouver SunHealth Canada denies health care practitioners access to psilocybin for training purposes
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February 3, 2022 About a month after Health Canada amended the Special Access Program (SAP), allowing physicians to request patient access to restricted...
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MuggleheadCanadian advocates denounce ‘flawed’ system for legal psilocybin access
Adam February 3, 2022 Denying access to psilocybin for palliative care patients seems arbitrary and cruel, advocates say. Spencer Hawkswell, CEO of Victoria-based non-profit...
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Letters of Support from Experts re: Access to Psilocybin for Training Purposes
Holly February 3, 2022 Below you will find letters of support from healthcare professionals, researchers and experts advocating for healthcare professionals to have legal...
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Lucid NewsHealth Canada Takes Small Step Towards Accessible Psychedelic Medicine
Adam January 25, 2022 Canada may be the first G7 country to fully legalize cannabis for recreational use, but when it comes to psychedelics,...
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BBCFungi: The New Frontier – Us and them
Adam January 24, 2022 It all started with rumours of an 800-meter underground organism hidden under the streets of Cambridge and a plate of...
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Drug ScienceRight to Try Psychedelic Therapy with Spencer Hawkswell
Adam January 19, 2022 This week’s episode features Spencer Hawkswell the CEO of TheraPsil – a non-profit coalition dedicated to helping Canadians in medical...
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CHEK NewsPsychedelics approved for medical use in Canada a ‘step in the right direction’ but not far enough, say experts
Adam January 19, 2022 Bruno Guevrémont served 15 years in the Canadian armed forces, with two traumatic tours of Afghanistan under his belt. “I...
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MYPGNOWAdvocates say psychedelics approval doesn’t go far enough
Adam January 19, 2022 Health Canada approved psychedelics like MDMA (ecstasy) and psilocybin (mushrooms) for medical use in Canada, but some advocates said that...
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Vancouver SunB.C. doctors now able to access MDMA, magic mushrooms for the seriously ill
Adam January 19, 2022 Seriously ill patients who have exhausted conventional treatments for their mental health now have a new, legal option — psychedelics....
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TheGrowthOpWhat Canada’s special access program means for patients and doctors
Adam January 18, 2022 The Special Access Program that launched last week, allowing Canadians to potentially access restricted drugs on a case-by-case basis ,...
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MuggleheadWhat amendments to Canada’s restricted drug program mean for patients and practitioners
Adam January 13, 2022 While recent changes to Canada’s Special Access Program (SAP) — which allows healthcare professionals to request unregulated drugs for patients...
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Global NewsPsychedelics approved for medical use in Canada
Adam January 11, 2022 Health care advocates are calling it a major breakthrough in treating serious or life-threatening conditions. As Aaron McArthur reports, Health...
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Cannabis WikiGrow Up – Niagara – 2021 – Spencer Hawkswell and Thomas Hartle
Adam January 6, 2022 TheraPsil is a non-profit coalition dedicated to helping Canadians in medical need access legal, psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy to treat end-of-life distress....
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CBC NewsPsychedelic Therapy Panel Discussion
Adam January 4, 2022 On January 1st, 2022, CBC News hosted a panel discussion about the medical benefits of psychedelic psychotherapy in Canada. The...
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FilterCanada Allows Three Mental Health Patients to Access Psilocybin Therapy
Adam December 16, 2021 Canada’s top health agency has agreed to allow an additional three people to use psilocybin mushrooms, a naturally-occurring psychedelic, as...
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The Dales ReportAfter 283 Days, Health Minister (Finally) Grants Psilocybin Exemptions To Three Canadians With Mental Health Conditions
Adam December 16, 2021 After waiting more than nine months, three Canadians were finally granted exemptions to legally undergo psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy by the federal...
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CBCMore patients granted psilocybin exemption by federal government
Adam December 15, 2021 Another three patients who have petitioned the federal government to use psilocybin therapy as a treatment for their mental health...
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Canndora ConnectWomen in Psychedelics
Adam December 14, 2021 Women in Psychedelics on December 8th, 2021 offered attendees a unique experience, providing collaboration, networking, inspiration, and advice for women's...
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National PostThree Canadians with mental health conditions receive legal access to psilocybin mushrooms
Adam December 14, 2021 Three Canadians struggling with mental health conditions have received exemptions to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act from the federal...
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Canada’s Federal Health Minister Compassionately Grants 3 Patient’s ‘Section 56 Exemptions’ for Psilocybin Mushrooms to treat their Depression and Anxiety
Holly December 14, 2021 Victoria BC, December 14th, 2021 3 Canadians, who have been struggling with mental health conditions including depression, anxiety, and PTSD...
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Truffle ReportThe State of the Psychedelics Industry: ‘It’s a Dinner Table Conversation Now’
Adam December 10, 2021 The first panel focused on the topic ‘The State of the Psychedelics Industry,’ and featured CannDelta CEO and co-founder Sherry...
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The WalrusTake Two Shrooms and Call Me in the Morning: The Medical Promise of Magic Mushrooms
Adam December 2, 2021 SIX YEARS AGO, on a late fall evening, I stood in front of a pinball machine, flummoxed. The game was...
Read More The Globe and MailThe promise and pitfalls of psychedelics
Adam November 26, 2021 Turn on the TV or flip through the latest bestseller list and it’s clear there’s a renewed interest in the...
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MicrodoseWill Canada’s New Health Minister be Psychedelic Friendly?
Adam November 25, 2021 Is Canada’s psychedelic future secure? Progress in recent years has been encouraging, but between four-year elections and 24-hour news cycles,...
Read More Truffle ReportSpencer Hawkswell and Andrew Charrette
Adam November 25, 2021 In this special Lift & Co. Expo episode of Truffle Talks, James speaks with Spencer Hawkswell of TheraPsil and Andrew...
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Truffle ReportTheraPsil and Imperial College London, McGill University Partner on Psilocybin Study
Adam November 25, 2021 A Canadian nonprofit organization has launched a collaborative study to examine the effectiveness of psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy on patients who have...
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Roots to Thrive celebrates first legal Psilocybin Mushroom group therapy treatment for nine end-of life-patients: A therapeutic first in North America
Holly November 22, 2021 Additional Information: TheraPsil is honored to have supported all nine of the patients involved in this precedent-setting group therapy, apply for...
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Letter to Ministers Duclos and Bennett Re: Proposed Regulations for Medical Access to Psilocybin
Holly November 16, 2021 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...
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The Globe and MailMedical psilocybin use should be decided by a patient and their doctor, not the government
Adam November 12, 2021 In 2017, I applied for Canada’s first class-action exemption to criminal drug laws on behalf of all terminally ill cancer...
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The Growth OPTheraPsil launches psilocybin-therapy study alongside researchers from McGill, Imperial College London
Adam November 11, 2021 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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