New paper alert, "Setting, context and the regulatory atmospheres of psychedelic medicine" in International Journal of Drug Policy @ijdrugpolicy -- a collaboration between Alex Gearin @alex_gearin (HKU Medicine), I. Glenn Cohen @CohenProf (Harvard Law) and Albert Garcia-Romeu (Hopkins Medicine). View open access: doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.202… Psychedelic medicines are sensitive to context and setting due to their special impacts on perception and cognition. In this interdisciplinary paper, the authors examine settings and contexts of psychedelic medicine use as the "building blocks of felt atmospheres" to examine how new policy experiments in the United States and Australia are regulating new legal pathways. Regulatory atmospheres, as the authors call them, refer to how policy shapes interpersonal, sensory, and affective conditions of psychedelic use -- including by defining the who, what, and where of legal pathways -- but also how law and prohibition continue to impact underground and traditional atmospheres of psychedelic use in diffuse and uneven ways. From the paper's introduction: "To trace divergent possibilities for psychedelic medicine, this paper proceeds in several steps. First, it outlines how scientific experiments in setting and context stage different psychedelic atmospheres as they aim to better understand risk and efficacy. Second, it explores how this has come up against a biopolitics of medical regulation that seeks to minimize psychotherapy in favor of pharmacotherapy model. Third, it analyzes differences in setting and context codified by policy experiments in Colorado and Oregon in the United States and the Authorized Prescriber scheme in Australia. Then, it shows how law continues to cast a shadow across a wider ecology of use, where many settings are affected by prohibition in underground and traditional contexts, revealing a haunting effect of regulatory atmospheres. By paying attention to psychedelic settings, the article shows how ideas about what counts as risk and about what counts as healing—chemical, psychotherapeutic alliance, environment, culture or more—can reflect the ontological and regulatory conditions that bring them into being. @hku_mehu @HKUCMEL @hkumed @Harvard_Law @PetrieFlom @JHPsychedelics @HopkinsMedicine #PsychedelicMedicine #PsychedelicScience #PsychedelicTherapy #PsychedelicAssistedTherapy #DrugPolicy #PsychedelicPolicy #DrugLaw #HealthPolicy #Prohibition #SetAndSetting #TherapeuticContext #PlantMedicine #HealingEnvironment #MedicalAnthropology #MedicalHumanities #Bioethics #HealthLaw

SET, SETTING, and the ART of the INTENTIONAL EXPERIENCE Read Cosmic Dispatch (Link Portal in Bio / hiATMOSPHERE.com). "It’s the raw, unfiltered truth Timothy Leary hammered home in the early 1960s...a truth the broader cannabinoid world has been slow to fully embrace: the experience isn’t trapped inside the compound.  It lives in the fierce interplay between the substance, the mind receiving it, and the environment that either supports it or pushes against it..." ---- #ATMOSPHERE #ATMOSPHEREChattanooga #CosmicDispatch #SetandSetting

Psilocybin 🍄⚠️ Promising compound, but not to take lightly. Set, setting, and proper support make all the difference. Powerful tool, handle with care. #Psilocybin #MentalHealth #ResponsibleUse #SetAndSetting #Safety

Psychedelics 🍄 Spiritual? Healing? Recreational? Same substance—different intention, context, and outcome. Meaning isn’t in the molecule. It’s in how, why, and where it’s used. #Psychedelics #Consciousness #MentalHealth #Perspective #SetAndSetting

Sunset at Eleusis. 🌅 In this work, setting is everything. The environment, the nervous system, the intention. When the setting is right, the mind can finally let go and explore. This island was chosen for a reason. #SetAndSetting #ConsciousnessExploration

Sunset at Eleusis. 🌅 In this work, setting is everything. The environment, the nervous system, the intention. When the setting is right, the mind can finally let go and explore. This island was chosen for a reason. #SetAndSetting #ConsciousnessExploration

I’m on my best life type shit. #psychedelics X #decorative arts #setandsetting #getsetset instagram.com/stories/aprilp…

Lunch report. Psilocybin chocolate bar. 3.5g. The whole eighth disguised as dessert. Next to it, a burrito doing quiet harm reduction like a professional. Chocolate smooths the come up. Burrito keeps your stomach from calling the police. Order matters. So does hubris. The Aztecs mixed mushrooms with cacao for ritual. They did not have burritos. We have improved the formula. This is either a thoughtful afternoon or a terrible decision made with confidence. Dose decides. #psilocybin #mushrooms #setandsetting #harmreduction #vibes

Set & Setting: The Secret to Transformative Journeys 🌿 The right environment changes everything. Safe, supportive, and intentional – that’s how unforgettable experiences happen. ✨ #SetAndSetting #PsychedelicRetreat #InnerJourney #SayulitaWellness #Transformation #Mindfulness

I’m on it, and had no idea. 60. Impossible to comprehend @setandsetting

Legal Doesn’t Mean Safe ⚠️ Psychedelic mushrooms may be legal in some places—but misuse, poor set & setting, or no guidance can be dangerous. Education, intention, and responsibility matter more than legality. #Psychedelics #HarmReduction #MentalHealth #SetAndSetting

Sam discusses why creating a safe space is crucial for patient care. Learn how monitoring and your presence can build trust in therapy. 🎧 #KetamineStartUpPodcast #SetAndSetting #HealthcareEntrepreneur

Used to sing this song literally driving though Amarillo with kids en route to the Rocky Mountains. #setandsetting

Explore how setting positive, simple intentions can transform therapy outcomes with Sam. Discover key strategies for emotional healing on our latest episode! #KetamineStartUpPodcast 🎧 #SetandSetting #PositiveIntention

Explore how pre-treatment habits affect therapy results with Sam! Learn key preparation strategies for optimal outcomes. Tune in now! 🎧 #HealthcareEntrepreneur #SetandSetting #TransformationalMentalHealth #KetamineStartUpPodcast

Explore 'Set & Setting' in therapy with host Kim! Learn why mindset and environment crucially influence therapy outcomes. Tune in for key insights! 🎧 #KetamineStartUpPodcast #PatientExperience #SetAndSetting

#microdose #fyp #harmreduction #psilocybineducation #microdosejourney #setandsetting

The | PICTS | Set and Setting - Excerpt from “Hofmanns Potion”, published under Fair Dealing/Use for reporting, review and critique. #setandsetting #lifeexperience #spiritualexperience #mindopening #pictscotland

Unlock the profound potential of psychedelic experiences by understanding the dance between internal readiness & external ambiance. The key? '#SetandSetting.' Dive deeper into this guiding principle for a transformative journey. t.me/rechemcostore #psychedelic

We moved! Our new space is here—and growing 🌱 The integration room’s still in progress, but it’s central to how we support patients in KAP: turning insights into lasting change. #KAP #MentalHealth #HealingSpace #NYCPsychiatry #Therapy #Integration #SetAndSetting