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PT546 – Psychedelic Outlaws: Cluster Headaches, Citizen Science, and the Story of ClusterBusters, with Joanna Kempner, Ph.D.

Psychedelics Today

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Rethinking Medicine: Psychedelics and Headache Disorders

This chapter delves into the nuanced distinctions between 'drugs' and 'medicine,' particularly in relation to psychedelics and their potential role in treating headache disorders. The discussion emphasizes how language shape perceptions and the stigmatization of psychological explanations for conditions like cluster headaches. Additionally, it features a poignant story of a teenager's transformative experience with psychedelics, highlighting changing attitudes towards alternative therapies in the context of children's health.

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