Great news VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / June 10th, 2020 / EMPOWER CLINICS INC. (CSE:CBDT) (OTCQB:EPWCF) (Frankfurt:8EC) ("Empower" or the "Company"), a vertically integrated life sciences company, is pleased to announce that Empower has initiated phase one and phase two COVID-19 testing in its Portland, OR clinic. In addition, the Company, in its Portland clinic is successfully collecting signatures for the IP34 ballot for the psilocybin therapy initiative.
"Our team has performed COVID-19 tests for groups and individuals both remotely and inside our clinics as part of our testing program. With national rates of COVID-19 currently spiking, it is critical that we expand our testing services to our large patient base in Oregon." said Steven McAuley, Chairman & CEO of Empower.
The YES on the IP34 ballot initiative in Oregon has written that psilocybin-assisted therapy is different than the current mental health system; the focus is on treatment and health that doesn't depend on a lifetime of pills. Rigorous studies at leading medical research institutions such as Johns Hopkins, UCLA, and NYU show that psilocybin is uniquely effective in treating depression, anxiety, trauma like PTSD and addiction. The FDA recently granted a "breakthrough therapy" designation - meaning that psilocybin-assisted therapy may demonstrate substantial improvement over what's currently available.