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A Seattle palliative care physician has filed a lawsuit against the DEA, contesting its decision to ban psilocybin for use by terminally ill patients. In support of the cause, a coalition led by state attorneys general, civil rights organizations and academics have filed amicus briefs, or friends of the court, meant to provide additional expertise on the issues pertaining to the case. This week, the suing parties filed an Opening Brief in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals arguing that under the state and federal Right to Try Act seriously ill patients have a right to use medicines that are currently undergoing clinical trials, such as psilocybin (the active compound in magic mushrooms) and MDMA. ....
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The couple from Santa Ana were not ready for the conversation. Maria Apolonia Mandujanu, 53, clasped her hands across her chest. She was propped up on crisp white pillows in a hospital bed in the emergency department COVID-19 ward at Providence St. Joseph Hospital. Her mouth and nose were obscured by a mask. Her brow was furrowed. Her husband, Arturo, was a disembodied face on an iPad screen at the foot of the bed, a nervous, tinny voice offering distant comfort. A translator was at the ready, another floating face on yet another screen. “Has anyone ever asked you before what you would want done if your heart stopped?” Dr. Brian Boyd asked Mandujanu, who had tested positive for the coronavirus just a day earlier. ....
Art by Ryan Bose Roy. Shara Yurkiewicz (left) with Stanford co-resident (right) on a hike at El Diablo State Park. Photo courtesy of Shara Yurkiewicz. Dr. Shara Yurkiewicz (MCDB ’09) is a woman of many talents. She received her MD from Harvard Medical School, completed her residency at Stanford, has written about science for publications from the Los Angeles Times to Scientific American, and is currently a medical director for the Northern California Home Care Network at Providence St. Joseph Health. Before she did any of that, however, she was a Yalie, walking through Sterling Memorial Library and attending Improv shows on the weekends. Despite having a heavy workload, Yurkiewicz made the most of her time at Yale. ....