The research hub opens Friday with funds from Tim Ferriss. Scientists will explore the drugs' potential to treat mental illnesses like depression.
have played a medical and spiritual role in indigenous cultures across the globe for centuries, the new center will be the first formal hub of its kind.
"These compounds may help treat intractable conditions affecting tens of millions of people, and they may help us better understand the nature of consciousness itself," Ferris said in a statement.Bestselling author Tim Ferriss was turned onto psychedelics after speaking with author Michael Pollan about his new book.The center's opening comes on the heels of a flurry of renewed interest in psychedelics' potential to treat thorny brain diseases like depression.
Up until last month, there had been essentially only one kind of federally-approved antidepressant for decades. That drug is a pill called an SSRI. It is commonly sold under brand names like Lexapro and Prozac. But in March, the US Food and Drug Administration the first new non-SSRI depression drug: a nasal spray inspired by the semi-psychedelic drug ketamine.With nearly $4 million from its five founding donors, the center's researchers also aim to open a clinic. Ideally, the clinic would function as a prototype for future psychedelic medical facilities. Carhart-Harris said he hopes the space could serve simultaneously as a clinic for treating illness and also for helping to keep healthy people well.
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