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‘We just don’t see the evidence’: Study questions cannabis use in mental health treatment
6+ hour, 35+ min ago (357+ words) NEW YORK, March 17 " Cannabis-based medicines have shown little evidence of effectiveness for treating most mental health and substance-use disorders, according to a large review of past studies published in a major medical journal yesterday. Medical use of cannabinoids has been…...
New Zealand embraces psychedelic ‘magic mushroom’ therapy as medicinal use approved for depression treatment
8+ mon, 4+ week ago (192+ words) WELLINGTON, June 18 " New Zealand today approved the medicinal use of psilocybin, a hallucinogenic compound notably found in so-called "magic mushrooms. Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour said rules had been relaxed so psilocybin could be used to treat certain types of…...