Even before COVID-19 set off a global tsunami of anxiety and depression, psychedelic drugs were already showing exciting promise for treating these and other intractable mental health conditions. Compass Pathway’s recent raise of $80M to expand research into the clinical uses of psilocybin only affirms that no coronavirus is going to dampen efforts to make … Read More »
Making Cannabis Medicine Available To The Isolated Elderly – Two Institutions Show It Can Be Done
Older adults – the population most vulnerable to the novel coronavirus – have plenty to be anxious about. Particularly for those residing in long-term care facilities, this stress can only be compounded. After COVID-19 swept through the Kirkland, Washington’s Life Care Center, and now appears to have spread to other nursing homes in the region, the vulnerability … Read More »
Microdosed LSD: Finally A Breakthrough For Alzheimer’s Disease?
(this article first appeared on Feb. 21, 2020) After decades of effort and untold millions invested in the search for an effective treatment for Alzheimer’s, the disease remains unchecked and rampant. Most recently, the New York Times reported that researchers declared defeat after the failure of yet another experimental drug designed to fight the formation of the … Read More »
For Older Adults Of Color, Medical Cannabis Can Be Complicated – An Interview With Attorney Scheril Murray Powell
Decades of relentless War on Drugs propaganda have made many older adults resistant to even considering medical cannabis. Yet in communities of color that have disproportionately borne the brunt of that “war,” the suspicion and resistance among seniors who could benefit from cannabis medicine can be even more deep-seated. I spoke about this conundrum and … Read More »
Cannabis, CBD And A Better Way to Age
Originally posted Sept. 29, 2019 on Forbes.com “We Baby Boomers think we’re going to die without getting old,” an insightful colleague told me recently. At the time, we chuckled at the folly of our generation. But lately I am starting to think that we may actually be able to pull it off. “Getting old” is … Read More »