(TNS) Deliberation over a proposal to invest state money in clinical research of a psychedelic drug as a potential treatment for opioid addiction is intensifying.
“It does have a certain attractiveness to think if you could give a single dose of a drug, that could give a lifetime cure,” said Dr. Mark Haigney, but, “My opinion is ibogaine is not safe.”
Karen Butcher, whose son died in 2020 of an opioid overdose, asked a panel of experts recently in Frankfort: If cost wasn t a factor, why shouldn t Kentucky explore the use of an illicit psychedelic drug as a treatment for opioid addiction?
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FRANKFORT – (TNS) Karen Butcher, whose son died in 2020 of an opioid overdose, asked a panel of experts on Monday in Frankfort: If cost wasn’t a factor, why shouldn’t