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The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School has proudly launched a new project called PULSE: Psychedelic Use, Law, and Spiritual Experience Join us for our virtual introductory panel with PULSE scholars, Mason Marks, MD, JD, Victoria Litman, M.Div., J.D, LL.M, Swayam Bagaria, Jaime Clark-Soles, and Varun Soni, discussing how law, policy, and ethics affect the religious and spiritual use of psychedelics: https://lnkd.in/eTstCpZi  

Tomorrow, for Enthereal newsletter subscribers, they'll be hearing about DOI - recent research and regulatory update - which has been in the news due to its upcoming Drug Enforcement Administration hearings not in small part due to the work of Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP), the work of Robert Rush and others (!) As we concluded that overview, we realized we wanted to add something more, so we whipped up the attached graphic, and if you want to have it explained, you don't even have to sign up for the Enthereal newsletter, just go to the one of the latest post on the Enthereal website — it's under "News", and it's there, at this very moment. And if people ask us here, we'll even explain it here. You don't even have to ask in a certain way. Simply ask. But there's more at the website including a break-down of what a phenethylamine even is. And what an amphetamine is in super basic molecular terms. And there's a mini-article on 2Cs. And there's even an initial article on "Illicit Drugs Approved for Medical Use." DOI and DOC are compounds that can readily be made by the technology platform that our founder outlined in 2022, developed in 2023, and we're choosing to hold as secrets until a grad school or other funding gives us the resources and support to develop it for commercialization. (Though we'll explain how it works again in the Enthereal newsletter fairly soon.) It's a bright road ahead — sustainable essential medicines — sustainable emerging therapeutics. We going to make something that'll be a treasure trove for generations to come. DOI is not dead on arrival. Let's support the Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) and the work of more than 900 research teams to date in learning more about and spreading the news about #DOI.

#cannabis Recently, California saw the enactment of laws to protect consumers from who-knows-what in unregulated cannabis products. Many in the industry are up in arms about "hemp" and "thca" products being banned. CBD was not banned, so don't get confused. That voices seemingly argue for free-for-alls. Free for all's aren't without costs for those who are treated like guinea pigs or lab rats: instead of focusing on the ground rules that would benefit more people, all around, some are off dreaming up some scheme to "get around" principles and rules that protect people's health, and some are going to say "It's my freedom!" So it's someone's freedom to poison their customers? It's freedom to get people hooked on fentanyl? It's freedom to cause environmental damage and to grow on national parks? With "free-for-alls," we all pay. Those who should taking responsibility and being accountable are getting rich making people sick. It's not about synthetic or not. Market sizes can be grown, but killing, poisoning, or hooking customers on unknown ingredients isn't the way to grow markets or an industry.

With Baxter International's North Carolina facility closure due to Hurricane Helene, #conservation and #management of intravenous fluids is critical. Join EDSA's Webinar to discuss the EDSA Baxter Disruption Report + Fluid Conservation Programs. Wednesday, October 9 from 11 am - 12 pm CT. Location: Zoom - Save to calendar https://lnkd.in/gseZWq8t Agenda: - EDSA Supply Disruption Report: Baxter North Cove Plant with Nikola (Niko) Markoski, PharmD, MBA, DPLA - ASHP Fluid Conservation Guide with Michael Ganio - Panel Moderated by Kyle Hoelting, PharmD, BCPS, with Marina Yazdi, Jennifer Davis and UNC Health

As psychedelics are gaining recognition in the psychiatric field for their therapeutic potential, we must not overlook the ongoing injustices tied to the criminalization of these substances. While medicine celebrates the benefits, many individuals—particularly in marginalized communities—still suffer the consequences of past and ongoing drug policies. The same substances being praised in clinical trials are still criminalized in certain contexts, creating a troubling and myopic discontinuity. We must bridge this gap, addressing not only the medical advancements but also the deep social harms that continue to exist. True progress includes reckoning with these inequities.

The difference between trauma-informed and harm-informed perspectives is subtle but powerful. A trauma-informed approach focuses on understanding the impact of trauma and creating environments that foster safety, healing, and empowerment. It’s proactive, aiming to support individuals by acknowledging their experiences and working to avoid retraumatization. A harm-informed perspective, on the other hand, emphasizes the harm caused by trauma and often focuses on accountability, responsibility, and repair. While important, it tends to concentrate on what went wrong rather than how to foster resilience and growth. Balancing both perspectives is key: being trauma-informed helps us create supportive spaces, while acknowledging harm helps us address wrongs. Together, they promote a healthier, more compassionate approach to care and leadership.

Lots to unpack here. Worth checking out.

Get the facts on what the research says about policy changes related to cannabis. This comes from the National Academies. They don't approach research or policy lightly, so it'll be interesting to see what their work has revealed. #cannabis #harmreduction #policychange

When individuals seek reintegration and treatment, the very systems and platforms they seek to be transformed by—often as survivors of harm—can paradoxically multiply that harm. Whether it's in social media communities, corporate organizations, or even healthcare systems, the irony is hard to miss. Many see it, though many are not sensitive to the harms being duplicated, even scaled, and — as a matter of daily status quo — amplified. These very same spaces where those injured seek healing, systemic harm is also perpetuated, despite some efforts to raise awareness, reform, or heal the systems themselves. Reintegration and even treatment becomes an uphill battle, if not an ironic site of retraumatization, when the tools and processes being put forward as healing also reinforce behaviors or structures others need us to acknowledge and make less harmful. How do we address the root issues and recognize the harm actively being done while using the tools and methods of society's systems? #SystemsChange #Reintegration #SocialHarm image text: Isolation, Integration, and the Irony of Harm in Platforms of Healing

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