Single dose of psilocybin effective in reducing depression in cancer patients

By |2023-05-12T03:10:41+01:0012 May 2023|

A recent study published in the journal JAMA Oncology has found that a single dose of psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, can help reduce depression in cancer patients. The phase 2 study, titled “Assessment of Psilocybin Therapy for Patients With Cancer and Major Depression [...]

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Ireland Citizens’ Assembly to hear voices of those affected by drugs

By |2023-05-12T03:10:20+01:0012 May 2023|

The second meeting of Ireland’s Citizens’ Assembly on drugs will focus on the lived experience of individuals, families and frontline workers who have been affected by drug use, when it takes place this weekend. The Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use will hold its second meeting from [...]

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World-first trial of cannabis-based drug in brain tumours launches in UK

By |2023-05-12T03:10:03+01:0012 May 2023|

A major UK clinical trial examining the role of the cannabis-based drug, Sativex, in treating the most aggressive brain tumour, has recruited its first patients. A pioneering research project, which is thought to be the first-of-its-kind on the role of a cannabis-based drug in the treatment [...]

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