LionWhisperer wrote: Mushrooms are never going to be recreational in Canada or US period.They are being studied for end of care life options for some patients.The demand side is minute if it ever gets accepted by powers to be..Its like LSD
Psilocybin allows the brain to bypass the “default mode network,” the part of our brain that cares about taxes and dinner and the shopping list, and allows it to dive deeper into the subconscious.
“If you look at your network by default, you’ll find that the topics that appear are the same as those that came up last year and the year before and the decade before,” O’Sullivan said. ‘Psychedelics disarm the web by default and allow a person to have new experiences in a carefully controlled clinical setting. When the default mode network is reassembled, it is not reassembled in the same way as before.
So a single dose of a psychedelic drug can have more effect than years of talk therapy or medication, said Sean O’Sullivan, the director of TheraPsil.
Dr. Sean O’Sullivan is one of 16 healthcare professionals who have been granted an exemption from Canadian drug laws to use magic mushrooms. (Photo: CBC / Sean O’Sullivan)
This decision comes after the Canadian Ministry of Health granted four exemptions to patients in palliative care to use the drug in end-of-life psychotherapy last August. Since then, other exemptions have been granted to those patients who want to use magic mushrooms.
The exemptions granted to healthcare professionals will allow those wishing to treat patients with psilocybin to understand what it would feel like and how best to use it. These permits are valid for one year.
“Psychedelic substances and treatment with these substances, such as psilocybin, is a growing area of scientific study and research. Because psilocybin is not a licensed therapeutic substance, the availability of rigorous scientific evidence demonstrating its safety and efficacy is limited, ”said Health Canada.
“The exemptions do not allow health professionals to prescribe or provide psilocybin-containing mushrooms to another person. There are no medications containing psilocybin that have been licensed by the Canadian Ministry of Health. The Canadian Ministry of Health’s decision to grant these exemptions does not constitute an opinion or endorsement by the Canadian Ministry of Health on psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy, training, or the safety, efficacy, or quality of psilocybin.