Ep. 295 Psilocybin Therapy at End of Life: The Legal Case with Kathryn Tucker, JD

Learn about the behind-the-scenes legal effort to make psilocybin available as a transformative therapy at the end of life.



My guest Kathryn Tucker is a Special Counsel at Emerge Law Group where she co-chairs the Psychedelic Practice Group. She is also the Executive Director of the End-of-Life Liberty Project and served two decades as Director of Advocacy and Legal Affairs for Compassion & Choices, working to improve care and expand choice at the end of life. She shares the current legal case she is spearheading to allow terminally ill patients to try psilocybin as a palliative care medication and how psilocybin has already been shown to be hugely beneficial to patients at the end of life. Learn more about her work at:

www.emergelawgroup.com

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This episode includes:

The benefits of psilocybin therapy for palliative careWhy terminally ill patients cannot currently access psilocybin therapyWhat are Right to Try (RTT) laws and how they may apply to psilocybinHistory behind psilocybin being labeled a Schedule I drug by the DEATest case that has been filed in court based on Washington state and Federal RTT lawsHow “friends of the court” can be helpful to this caseWhy the success of this case could open access for patients in other statesOregon’s Psilocybin Therapy Law and implications for other states

Links mentioned in this episode:

Virtual Workshop on Grief with Ben Kintisch of Life Review: The Hospice Musical – April 25th – Learn more hereVital Decisions’ National Healthcare Decisions Day Campaign: Pick a Proxy and Plant it ForwardInterview with Ira Byock about psilocybinSeattle Times Article about Right To TryBook: How to Change Your Mind by Michael PollanBook: The Harvard Psychedelic Club by Don LattinRight to Try Psilocybin Advocacy Fund – donation pageSign up for the 2021 online reading group A Year of Reading Dangerously at this linkSupport your local bookstore by buying my books on Bookshop and Indiebound: 7 Lessons for Living from the Dying and The Journey from Ego to SoulSubscribe to this podcast on Apple, Google, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Stitcher RadioCheck out the Series I’ve recorded in the past hereJoin the team at Patreon.com/eolu and get access to the EOLU mug: “Mind if we talk about death?” (only Patrons can purchase it). PLUS get our new bonuses: the monthly EOL News Update, movie reviews from 2 Doctors and a Movie, and automatic access to A Year of Reading Dangerously!

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