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From The Harvard Crimson: Experts Debate Federal Legalization of Psychedelic Therapy at Harvard Law School Event
Experts on psychedelic use and drug regulation discussed whether psychedelic therapy should be legalized federally. During the event, moderated by former editor-in-chief of Slate Magazine David Plotz, the panelists weighed the benefits of using psychedelics for treating trauma and mood disorders and considered the need for oversight by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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Health Mediation: A New Perspective on Health Conflict Resolution
In health law, we tend to speak about regulations and court rulings. But behind every case file, there is something more: a story, an emotion, and, above all, a person.
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Rethinking Evidence for Psychedelics in Medicine
According to popular accounts, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) scheduling of LSD and other psychedelics in 1968 shut down promising research for decades.
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Event Recap: Toward Psychedelics Access: Go Faster or Slower?
“We’re framing today as a relatively simple debate — perhaps an overly simple one,” began I. Glenn Cohen, Deputy Dean and Professor at Harvard Law School and Faculty Director of the Petrie-Flom Center, as he opened the Center’s recent event, Toward Psychedelics Access: Go Faster or Slower?
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The Fight for Mental Health Is the Fight for Human Rights: Argentina’s Movement for Dignity and Inclusion
In Argentina, austerity threatens hard-won progress in mental health. In Córdoba, the 12th March for the Right to Mental Health filled the streets with color and conviction — reminding us that mental health is built through rights and sustained by care, equality, and community.
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LSD Gospel, Christmas Tidings, and the FDA during the Psychedelic Sixties
Academics and enthusiasts alike often consider the 1960s a “psychedelics golden age” of access, research, and culture.
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Professor Glenn Cohen, Faculty Director of the Petrie-Flom Center at Harvard Law School interviews Dr. Rochelle Walensky, 19th Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Senior Academic Fellow at the Petrie-Flom Center. They discuss Dr. Walensky’s career as an infectious disease clinician focused on HIV/AIDS, her experience leading the CDC during COVID-19, and her reflections on public health infrastructure in the United States and internationally.
