[B]OLD AGE with Debbie Weil
[B]OLD AGE With Debbie Weil
Dr. Bree Johnston on Psilocybin Trips and the Growing Acceptance of Psychedelic Therapy
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Dr. Bree Johnston on Psilocybin Trips and the Growing Acceptance of Psychedelic Therapy

The topic of psychedelic therapy to treat addiction, depression and to ease fear of death is much in the news; this is a popular episode of the [B]old Age podcast!
Debbie Weil
Jun 09, 2023
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Debbie talks with Dr. Bree Johnston, a geriatrician and palliative care physician in practice for 35 years who is also certified in psychedelic therapies.

The topic of psychedelic therapy has gone mainstream in the past several years and especially in the past year. In the year since Debbie and Dr. Bree spoke, the use of psilocybin, MDMA and other psychedelics as therapy for addiction, depression and to ease fear of death has been increasingly in the news. The use of psilocybin is now legal or decriminalized in a handful of states in addition to Oregon.

Dr. Bree is an especially clear speaker and talks openly about the benefits of her own psilocybin trips. She tells us she wishes she could prescribe them for her elderly patients who are anxious about dying.

She explains everything you might want to know about different psychedelics, what their effects are, what to be wary of and more.

As to how this topic fits into aging and reinvention, Debbie says were she to receive a fatal diagnosis from cancer or another disease, she's pretty sure she would seek a guided psilocybin trip to ease fear of dying.  

UPDATE on legal status of psychedelics

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COMPLETE SHOW NOTES

Complete show notes with more resources and links from the May 2022 airing of this episode are here.

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[B]OLD AGE with Debbie Weil
[B]OLD AGE With Debbie Weil
A podcast about [b]oldly moving from midlife to old age in a society that devalues and/or misunderstands old people. Debbie interviews authors, experts, and exceptional individuals. Now in their early 70s, she and her husband, physician author Sam Harrington, have been exploring an un-retired life for the past decade on an island off the coast of Maine. LISTEN HERE OR ON APPLE PODCASTS.
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