UCLA Law Psychedelics Series: Multi-Site Study on Palliative Effects of Psylocibin

On behalf of the UCLA Health Law & Policy Program, Professor Taimie Bryant continues the speaker series on psychedelics with a presentation from Dr. Charles Grob who will be speaking on March 4 by Zoom webinar regarding a new multi-site study underway to learn more about the use of psilocybin as part of palliative care. In 2011, Dr. Grob published research suggesting that a single large dose of the hallucinogen psilocybin could reduce existential anguish and demoralization some people experience when approaching the end of their lives. Subsequent research validated those findings. Dr. Grob will be talking about the research design and hypotheses associated with a new multi-site research study to learn more about the circumstances under which most people can benefit from this treatment