Save The Date: Bringing Psychedelic medicine, including Ayahuasca Tea, into the American health care system

Save the Date: 4/21/21 at 7pm, AIMS Co-Director Dr. Standish will be giving a virtual presentation as part of Vashon Center for the Arts “Talks on the Rocks”.

Stay tuned; Link coming soon and will be posted here.
Save The Date: Bringing Psychedelic medicine, including Ayahuasca Tea, into the American health care systemSave The Date: Bringing Psychedelic medicine, including Ayahuasca Tea, into the American health care systemBringing Psychedelic medicine, including Ayahuasca Tea, into the American health care system

Dr. Leanna Standish is a neuroscientist and physician living in Seattle who has been working for 20 years to make standardized Ayahuasca tea for clinical and brain research.  The psychedelic revolution is now in full swing.  Dr. Standish will present an update on the science and politics of psychedelic medicines, with emphasis on the natural psychedelic medicines.

Dr. Standish is co-CEO of Sacred Medicines PBC, a public benefit corporation whose mission is to conduct FDA-approved Ayahuasca clinical research at AIMS Institute in Seattle, where she is co-Director.

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Save The Date: Bringing Psychedelic medicine, including Ayahuasca Tea, into the American health care system

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