Horner joined the Navy a month after he graduated high school and served until he was 27, and later entered the corporate world. After a while, he found that he was debilitatingly ill, with doctors puzzled at how to help him.
People are also reading… The conference will be Horner’s 10th that he has organized in Arizona, having coordinated symposiums about topics in alternative medicine since 2010. Recent studies from institutions including the Center for Psychedelic Medicine at New York University Langone’s Department of Psychiatry have conducted research into psychedelic medicine, including the use of psilocybin as an effective treatment for alcohol use disorder. Additionally, MAPS has conducted research studies that support the medical efficacy of substances like MDMA, ibogaine and LSD to treat various mental health disorders.
“When psychedelics kind of found this modern renaissance within the last few decades, the explosion in psychedelic-assisted therapy, it has seen a tremendous rise in popularity and demand, and also a tremendous amount of success,” he said. “That said, there are also some things we should watch out for, and how people can be introduced to these substances, to these medicines in a safe, holistic way.