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Erika Dyck: Are We Living in a Psychedelic Renaissance?

The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie

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The Psychedelic Renaissance and Its Potential Impact

The current interest in psychedelics is mainly driven by a desire to help veterans, victims of sexual violence, and individuals with PTSD and substance abuse issues./nThe psychedelic renaissance may lead to the decline of the war on drugs in its current form./nHumphrey Osmond, the psychiatrist who coined the term psychedelic, played a significant role in the study of psychedelics and their applications./nOsmond's work with LSD to help alcoholics showed promising results./nBill W, the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, advocated for the use of LSD to address problem drinking./nThe MAPS Psychedelic Science 2023 conference in Denver attracted 13,000 participants.

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