James Close

We are no longer accepting applicants for our open-label mechanistic study on Psilocybin for fibromyalgia, thank you for those who applied, watch this space for updates and results. clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05548… @juliabornemann @Dr_Kirran @RCarhartHarris @ProfDavidNutt

Hello Denver 👋🏼 #PS2025

'another sin of human hubris at arguably the most famous shrine to the folly of human hubris in history' theguardian.com/film/2025/jun/…

Evolutionary psychiatry @RoySocMed

Yesterday, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO, the constitutional version of DOGE) published a Science & Tech Spotlight on the 'Medical Use of Psychedelics'. According to GAO, over 340 trials on psychedelics were active between 2015 and early 2025.

"One sees whatever he wants, when looking into the uncertainty" - Xavier Bichat's critique of microscopy, which of course in time turned out to be essential to our understanding. The same critique is made of fMRI today.

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Prohibition does not stop drug use or drug-related deaths. It only increases risk by allowing lucky-dip cocktails like this on the market. #Liam #drugspolicy @guardian @TransformDrugs theguardian.com/music/2024/oct…

@SteveTransform Thanks 🙏🏼

@jamesbclose this is a useful piece truthout.org/articles/dont-…

@SteveTransform @TransformDrug What is your line on what happened with Measure 101 in Oregon? What went wrong?

This makes me proud, just over 100 years after @EdinburghUni admitted the first women medical trainees, @LindaFoundation and Scotland make history again: theguardian.com/uk-news/articl…

@REMAPTherapy @JacobSAday @boehnkster @juliabornemann @RCarhartHarris @IASPpain @PhysioPainAssoc @laurarathbone @diarmuiddenneny @fmauk @PainResForum @pain_europe

…..there is a small but growing body of evidence looking at autoimmune, genetic, epigenetic contributors to fibromyalgia. Dr Claw’s final slide summed it up nicely for me (9/9):

🧵Reviewing some of #IASP2024 ‘s content on Fibromyalgia. Notably, the @PAINthejournal Reports Symposium: ‘Fibromyalgia: Who are you?’ (1/9)