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Easing
the way
The Bill Richards Center
for Healing is a purposebuilt
suite for clinical trials
that use psychedelic drugs
to improve the mental
health of cancer patients
By Matthew Hall
T
RADITIONALLY VIEWED AS
an illicit substance, psilocybin-a
hallucinogen derived
from mushrooms that provides
feelings of euphoria
and sensory distortion-is
showing medical promise as
a potential treatment for the
mental stress caused by cancer. " The emotional
and mental well-being of cancer patients
is often an afterthought to treating
the cancer itself, yet patients, their families,
and other caregivers can experience intense
depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress
disorder as a result of a diagnosis, " says Chris
Baer, chief experience officer and co-founder
of Sunstone Therapies (Rockville, Md.), which
is starting to build a network of centers to conduct
trials in psychedelic therapy and psychooncology.
" Initial findings from psychedelic research
trials for psilocybin, along with an FDA
designation of a 'breakthrough status,' have
shown promise to help alleviate these kinds of
suffering, especially for those with terminal
cancer diagnoses. "
In the past, Baer notes, treatments involving
hallucinogens were available only in a few academic
medical settings or outside of traditional
medicine. But after realizing its promise about
three years ago, the team at Sunstone Therapies
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