Psilocybin treatment can bring terminal patients understanding and peace. But the government is blocking access.
Curt Petrovich is a journalist with more than 30 years of investigative reporting experience and numerous awards. In 2015, he was diagnosed with severe PTSD stemming from decades covering natural disasters and humanitarian catastrophes. SHARES Cancer patient Thomas Hartle, with Ellie, says psilocybin therapy has been a huge benefit. ‘Even now, I can’t emphasize enough how much of my life it has given back.. Even months later, it’s much easier for me to be able to clear my head of those useless, anxious thoughts.’
Photo from Thomas Hartle.
Posted: Jun 01, 2021 5:17 PM AT | Last Updated: June 1
Speaking to reporters Tuesday, New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs said he hopes to have more discussion with Indigenous people in the province around the issue of residential schools and day schools.(Ed Hunter/CBC)
The Higgs government has made a vague commitment to get to the bottom of what happened at government-run schools for Indigenous children in New Brunswick.
Premier Blaine Higgs and Aboriginal Affairs Minister Arlene Dunn both say they want to help find out more about the schools and hope that other disagreements with First Nations won t get in the way of that historical reckoning.
New Brunswick politicians acknowledged the deaths of 215 children whose remains were found at the site of a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C.