Solidarity Fridays - Week 15
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In today\\u2019s Solidarity Fridays episode, Joe and Kyle sit down and talk about various topics in the news.
They first discuss Rise Wellness (a company focused on teaching people how to microdose psilocybin)\'s recent merger with CannaGlobal and Sansero Life Sciences to become CannaGlobal Wellness, and why many smaller companies are merging, and why Canada may be a hot new destination point for these companies. Joe suggests a new idea of helping people microdose through the use of a transdermal patch.\\xa0
They talk about psychology today and the idea of no theory being complete without including all perspectives (including psychedelic perspectives), the concept of re-phrasing \\u201cwhat\\u2019s wrong with you?\\u201d to \\u201cwhat has happened to you?\\u201d, a recent student\\u2019s theory that schizophrenia may actually be a protection mechanism, Amsterdam-based psilocybin-retreat company Synthesis\\u2019 recent $2.75 million funding towards developing an end-to-end professional wellness & therapy platform, and what that means to the community- are these companies focusing on the drug as the crux, or the full therapy picture?
Lastly, they talk about the death of Elijah McClain from a 500-milligram injection of ketamine, using thoughts from past guest and regular administrator of ketamine to patients, Dr. Alex Belser. They talk about how ketamine can be necessary, but how it has unfortunately been used as a weapon for chemical restraint against people of color, which brings about larger questions on whether people should be allowed to hurt themselves or not- what role do physicians, therapists and police officers ultimately have in people\\u2019s freedom to do what they want with their bodies?\\xa0
And just as a reminder, Psychedelics Today is currently offering a course developed by Kyle and Dr. Ido Cohen called Psychedelics and The Shadow: The Shadow Side of Psychedelia. And the next round of Navigating Psychedelics for Clinicians and Therapists will be starting in September, with a new self-paced option.\\xa0
Notable Quotes
On William James: \\u201cAs soon as he found out about other states of consciousness other than the normal waking state, he\\u2019s saying that no theory for how the world works is complete unless we include all perspectives. So, like, what is the American constitution when you\\u2019re on nitrous or on LSD? What is appropriate political idealogy, given all of these things? Essentially, he\\u2019s saying that we\\u2019re going to keep developing new tools to understand the universe, and every time we have one of these new tools, it kind of expands the scope of what we need in our theories for how the world works. ...Psychedelic states, shamanic states- how do we include that into our worldview to have a complete scientific framework? I think it\\u2019s just a never-ending process, and a fun one.\\u201d -Joe
\\u201cEven the people that I\\u2019ve worked with [who] are really really struggling, and I\\u2019ve seen medication work really well for them at times, I always come back to: \\u2018what has this person been through? Do they actually have this thing that science and probably psychiatry would label as a disease?\\u2019 ...Some of the trauma stuff that\\u2019s coming out, the neuroscience, some of the somatics- it\\u2019s all kind of merging. And with the help of psychedelics, I\\u2019m feeling more optimistic that maybe the field will go into more of a growth, healing-oriented route vs. this pathology [of] \\u2018sick.\\u2019\\u201d -Kyle
\\u201cWith these clinics that are popping up- are you exclusively focusing on the psychedelic experience, or are you trying to focus on the therapeutic relationship, the rapport, the container, the trust that\\u2019s developed over time, and really developing that relationship with the client? There\\u2019s tons of research that suggests that a therapeutic relationship is the one factor in getting better in therapy. So, as money is coming into this space and more of these clinics are popping up, are you creating a center around therapy, and really thinking about how to bring wellness and work with people in this space, or are just focusing it exclusively on the substance, thinking that\\u2019s the change?\\u201d -Kyle
Links
CannaGlobal, Sansero Life Sciences and Rise Wellness Merge
Alex Belser\'s thoughts on ketamine as a chemical restraint
Is Ketamine the new police weapon against black lives?
Psychedelics and The Shadow: The Shadow Side of Psychedelia
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