Newly forged co-host Abby talks with Dr. Darron Smith about psychedelic research within and for marginalized communities. Roundtable members Abby, Ben, Shaleyah, and Kaitlin discuss equity in research, mindfulness techniques, and alternative modes of healing like beds of nails.
Darron Smith is an associate professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine, where he teaches in the physician assistant program, MEDEX. He serves on the advisory board at Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicine and is on the board of directors for Roots to Harmony Institute for Expanded Consciousness. His research areas address the need for psychedelic-assisted therapies in the Black community and the effects of systemic subjugation on mental and physical health of marginalized groups.
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