What's the deal with psychedelics?

About this episode

Emily and Perry explore the effects of psychedelics on mental health and discuss related health topics.

This week, Emily and Perry take a trip into the groovy world of psychedelics: what they are, what they do to our brains, and the myriad mental health problems that they seem to have a pretty interesting effect on. Join us for the most uniquely incredible experience of your life, we promise. Plus: hantavirus redux, the (now former) FDA commissioner pressured to approve flavored vapes, and a bad breast cancer study regarding perennial topic GLP-1s. Submit a question for our weekly mailbag at wellnessactually.fm. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Emily Oster, Perry Wilson

Topics covered

• psychedelics
• mental health
• FDA
• vaping
• breast cancer

Keywords

• psychedelics
• mental health
• FDA
• vaping
• GLP-1s
• hantavirus

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: FDA

Products: GLP-1s

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