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Moving Forward by Looking Back

Patrick Elf, Amy Isham Orcid Logo, Dario Leoni

History of Pharmacy and Pharmaceuticals, Volume: 65, Issue: 1, Pages: 33 - 62

Swansea University Author: Amy Isham Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.3368/hopp.65.1.33

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Much has been written in the academic and popular press on the positive consequences of psychedelic-induced mental states. Following the disappearance of psychedelic research from the public eye between the 1970s and early 2000s, a second wave of psychedelic research is gaining increasing interest f...

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Published in: History of Pharmacy and Pharmaceuticals
ISSN: 2694-3034 2694-3042
Published: University of Wisconsin Press 2023
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