How Psychedelics Are Helping Some People Cope With Racial Trauma

Drugs like ketamine and psilocybin offer patients a new perspective on their experiences with racism

Yasmin Tayag
Elemental
Published in
2 min readMar 24, 2021

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In a handful of clinics across Canada and the United States, therapists are administering ketamine to their patients to help them explore the psychological trauma left by racism. Ketamine…

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Yasmin Tayag
Elemental

Editor, Medium Coronavirus Blog. Senior editor at Future Human by OneZero. Previously: science at Inverse, genetics at NYU.