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JANUARY 29, 2024

In place of this purely “anti-psychedelic” critique, Langlitz notes that the present discourse of critical “anti-hype” had been initiated by “forces within ” the psychedelic field, as scholars and activists raise concerns about the ethical and political impact of psychedelic medicalization and its capitalistic roots. (I

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MARCH 9, 2022

attempt to complexify the notion of consent in altered states by presenting contradictory assertions that patients can be more authentic in altered states (enhanced capacity for consent) and that they can become regressed (increased need for touch but impaired capacity for consent). McLane et al.

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OCTOBER 13, 2023

At present, researchers can keep these synthetic humanoid organisms alive for almost nine days; the mouse version can be kept alive for twelve days, half the full mice gestation period, which might translate to four and a half months in humans. So far, no country has adopted this rule. The original article can be found here.

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MARCH 8, 2023

He Jiankui’s Controversial Comeback Fast forward to the present. As a result, Dr. He was sentenced to three years in prison and was fined three million Chinese yuan ($429,000). Since being released from prison in April 2022, Dr. He has been staging a comeback.

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