Screening will be in Namaste Hall, 1453 Mission Street, 3rd floor, San Francisco, CA. Included in the film is an interview with Annie Levy about her experience taking psilocybin as a cancer patient in Dr. Charles Grob’s research study.
7:00 pm Welcome by Joseph Subbiondo
7:15 to 8:30 pm Film screening
8:30 to 9:15 pm Panel discussion with Robert Barnhart, Roslyn Dauber, Frank Echenhofer, and Charles Grob.
The Spring, 2010 issue of NYU Physician published the history of the Heffter-supported study at NYU and a subject’s recounting of how he “experienced a sense of transformation in his ability to feel supported and loved” with psilocybin treatment.
Afterwords, he said, “This has helped me resolve past issues about my parents and siblings. Now, I can die unburdened by the angst of my childhood.”
Read the NYU Physician story here…
Learn more about the NYU study here…
On April 21, 2010, CNN’s Campbell Brown interviewed Heffter-supported researcher Dr. Stephen Ross and CNN medical advisor Dr. Sanjay Gupta about the benefits of psilocybin research.
On February 24, 2010, Scienceline published this story about Pam Sakuda, the first person in decades to talk about the experience of psychedelic treatment in a research study.
Read the Scienceline story here…
Learn more about this Heffter-supported study and watch a video of Pam telling her story…
In April, 2010, both ABC News and the Associated Press published reports about cancer patient Nicky Edlich’s story of her “revelatory” psilocybin treatment at the Heffter-supported project at New York University, led by Dr. Stephen Ross, MD.
Learn more about this Heffter-supported project…
On April 11, 2010, The New York Times published this article about Dr. Clark Martin, a retired clinical psychologist from Vancouver, WA, whose cancer-related depression was relieved during Heffter-supported research.
Heffter Board member, Dr. Roland Griffiths, leads this Johns Hopkins-based study concerning the effects of psilocybin on the psychological distress of patients who have been diagnosed with potentially life-threatening cancer.
photo credit: Alan S. Weiner
At TEDx MidAtlantic in November 2009, Dr. Roland Griffiths, a member of Heffter Research Institute’s Board of Directors, showcased the results of his astonishing study: “Psilocybin can occasion mystical-type experiences having substantial and sustained personal meaning and spiritual significance.”
Read the full text PDF of the study here…
Learn more about the Heffter-supported follow-up…
