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A doctor and a psychologist say Health Canadas move to allow physicians to request restricted psychedelic drugs for patients as part of their psychotherapy is a positive step toward transforming mental-health care.

A doctor and a psychologist say Health Canada's move to allow physicians to request restricted psychedelic drugs for patients as part of their

A doctor and a psychologist say Health Canada’s move to allow physicians to request restricted psychedelic drugs for patients as part of their psychotherapy is a positive step toward transforming mental-health care.

  EDMONTON -- Jen Burke lost her full-time job as a clothing store manager because of COVID-19, but says the pandemic has been the most peaceful time in her life. “Theres so many people who were struggling and having a hard time with it. But I felt great,” the 30-year-old biology student says from her home in Edmonton. The reason, says Burke, is psychedelic drugs, which she has been micro-dosing along with about two dozen other members of the Edmonton Hiking and Psychedelic Society. A...

Fakiha Baig Jen Burke, the facilitator of the Edmonton Hiking and Psychedelic Society, is shown in Edmonton on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021. Jen Burke lost her full-time job as a clothing store manager because of COVID-19 but says the pandemic has been the most peaceful time in her life. "Theres so many people who were struggling, and having a hard time with it. But I felt great," the 30-year-old says from her home in Edmonton. Burke has been micro-dosing psychedelics, along with about tw...