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One Person’s Journey from Celebrity Medical Model Advocate to Skeptic: An Interview with Rose Cartwright

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But things shifted — you write that you were confronted with information and experiences that challenged this understanding. You write that you worry about how psychedelics are getting co-opted by pharmaceutical industries. It was then turned into TV show. Tell us more. We’ve always known how to live in community.

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Therapy by Script Undermines Healing; Connection Is the Key

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Eugene Gendlin In a previous blog, I wrote about my experiences in psychedelic therapy, and the ways that the psychedelic-assisted therapy model by design perpetuates one of our cultures deepest wounds: feeling alone. The way we treat children informs the ways adults in our world relate to one another.

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A Win for Science, with Profound Implications for Industry: FDA Rejects MDMA

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The retraction notice takes strong language: “The Editors have retracted this article after they were informed of protocol violations amounting to unethical conduct at the MP4 study site by researchers associated with this project.