2022
BNS Program Newsletter
Seminar Speakers Winter Quarter 2023
Title: Increasing Access to Psychedelic Medicines: Why State Legalization is Not Enough
Speaker: Kathryn L. Tucker, JD is Director of Advocacy at the National Psychedelics Association and is a prominent leader increasing accessibility to psychedelic-assisted therapy for patients with life threatening diseases.
Brought to you by Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) Club, the Behavioral Neuroscience Program, and the Psychology Department in partnership with the WWU Alumni Association
Location: AW 204 and Zoom
Description: States have begun legalizing access to various psychedelic substances, hoping to realize the benefits of therapeutic use to relieve a variety of mental health challenges. However, these substances remain prohibited under federal law. How can federal safe harbor be established? What efforts are underway to establish federal safe harbor? This discussion will be led by Kathryn Tucker, Director of Advocacy, National Psychedelics Association, founding board member of the Psychedelic Bar Association, counsel to Petitioners in AIMS et al v DEA. Tucker will review the emergence of state legalization and ongoing federal reform efforts.
This talk is free and open to the public. Join us in-person at WWU or online on Zoom.
There will be an informal meet and greet after the talk.
Register Here for the Zoom Link
Title: Researching Psychedelics for Addiction: the Why, the What and the How
Speaker: Nathan Sackett, MD, MS, RN is trained as an addiction psychiatrist, focusing on the intersection between substance use and psychiatric disorders. He is faculty at the University of Washington in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences where he splits his time between seeing patients and research.
Brought to you by WWU’s Behavioral Neuroscience Program and Psychology Department in partnership with WWU’s Alumni Association
Location: AW 210 and Zoom
Description: This talk will introduce the theoretical background on the use of psychedelic compounds to target addiction. We will discuss some of the history and evidence for this work to help understand why this work is important. Additionally, we will discuss the development of a research center to further this work, discussing some of the challenges and opportunities involved with trying to develop a research center in an academic institution as a new faculty member.
This talk is free and open to the public. Join us in-person at WWU or online on Zoom.
There will be an informal meet and greet before the talk from 2:30-3:30pm in AW 302
Register Here for the Zoom Link