Sa’ed Al-Olimat
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This will be a hugely important conversation for the psychedelic community to be aware about. I encourage EVERYONE to attend this event!
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Ditto to what Lynn Marie mentioned! Dr. Benjamin Malcolm is a pharmacist with great knowledge on this topic.
Feel free to message me your email and I can send you the drug-drug interaction chart he has posted open-source in the past. It is a great resource.
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One idea is to identify and connect to a community leader that is well-known within the community they represent. Being able to include this individual in the decision-making process can have a big influence on policy creation to ensure underserved communities are represented and vehicles to healing are accessible.
Improving equitable access to psychedelic medicine is such an important conversation to have. I'd love to hear what others think!
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Hi, feel free to email me at [email protected] and I can forward you the pdf.
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I previously thought the best approach is medicalization. I now believe that, while medicalization is crucially important, decriminalization is an absolute must to spark professional education and equitable access. We are not able to ensure access if these compounds remain illegal for possession.
To me, the ideal framework is a foundation of decriminalization with a medicalization framework that utilizes both naturally occurring alkaloids and cGMP standard compounds. The system needs to put patient access at the forefront, healer inclusivity in mind when determining licensure-obtainment, and how to promote healthy competition in this space without allowing the monopolization of these medicines and services.
Those are my thoughts so far. I'd love to hear more of yours and others'. Thanks so much for posting!
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I agree. Education is so empowering and crucial for beating the stigma with these compounds. Perhaps targeting educational outreach programs to underserved communities could be helpful. What are your thoughts?