Breakdown of access pathways for psychedelic assisted therapy in Canada & how we can improve access rdcu.be/cNz8A

Lots of great learning yesterday at From Research to Reality but hard to top the revelation over dinner that Rick Doblin, Ph.D., of MAPS raised an actual wolf for two years.🐺 Ben Sessa David Nutt Lindsay Mackay

Pre-publication (to be confirmed) data from the Johns Hopkins Psychedelic Research Center team presented by Matthew W. Johnson for smoking cessation - one psilocybin therapy session has double the 1y abstinence rate vs NRT From Research to Reality

Dr Christy Sutherland speaking on our PHS Enhanced Access program where folks can buy pure fentanyl (@ street value) to be taken home to smoke or inject without medical monitoring and without needing a “substance use disorder” diagnosis #safesupply

Naturalistic observational study supporting improvements in mental health & mood with psilocybin microdosing nature.com/articles/s4159… Dept. of Psych OK

Great to see this coverage PHS’s innovative work nytimes.com/2022/07/26/hea…

“If you want to get to the heart of the dope problem, legalize it…[Prohibition is] a law, in operation, that can only be used against the poor.” —James Baldwin, 02 Aug 1924 - 01 Dec 1987

BREAKING: Canadians fighting for psilocybin access sue federal government. "This is the landmark case that is going to legalize psychedelics in Canada." nationalpost.com/news/canadian-…

In June 2022, 146 people died due to the illicit drug toxicity. 6 years ago nearly 1000 people died in one year from the illicit drug supply. In 6 months this year we’ve eclipsed that. The only thing that’s really changed is that the drug supply has become more & more deadly. 💔

Very promising results from the first placebo controlled trial using psilocybin-assisted therapy for heavy alcohol use - nearly half of people treated stopped drinking, compared to less than a quarter in the placebo group jamanetwork.com/journals/jamap…

Has anyone else noticed the only time we really talk about ppl dying from the illicit drug supply is when the BC Coroners releases its report, and then everyone just goes back to their lives? I want to remind everyone that nearly 6 ppl will die everyday & not enough is being done

Feature of psilocybin for smoking cessation - youtu.be/usDWmqn-JCs

This is the dumbest sh**t, not to mention the millions of $ that should have been spent on those in need. SMH medscape.com/viewarticle/98…

So great to see this! Hopeful that other provinces will follow. therapsil.ca/quebec-first-p…

On Sat we had the 2nd session for our BC #OurCare Priorities Panel Members of the public heard about primary care in other countries. Then we had an AWESOME panel on equity w/ @doctoreonline @awruddiman Lindsay Mackay You can watch the recordings here ourcare.ca/prioritiespane…

Dateline Australia’s feature of PHS’s SAFER program youtube.com/watch?v=wLk4KE…

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Vancouver Coastal Health VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation Organ Donation and Transplant Research Foundation UBC Pharm Sci 2025 VCHRI Team Grant Award lead Dr. Lindsay Mackay will explore a low barrier, peer-led support program to elevate care for people who use opioids & stimulants. Lindsay Mackay BC Centre on Substance Use UBC Department of Family Practice

VCHRI researcher Dr. Lindsay Mackay is exploring low-barrier programs to reduce toxic drug deaths and improve well-being. Learn more about the donor-supported innovations taking place across VCH: bit.ly/3UDdX8M Lindsay Mackay VCH Research Institute BC Centre on Substance Use UBC Department of Family Practice