Abbie Rosner

Psychedelics, Aging and a New Vision of Elderhood

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Psychedelics as an End of Life Rite of Passage

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I recently conducted a fascinating interview with Dr. Lou Lukas, a palliative care physician in Nebraska, for a blog post I wrote for Brain Futures – a non-profit interested in scientific advances related to the brain. Lukas spoke about the promise of psychedelics for her field – from a very personal perspective.  In 2011 she … Read More »

Writing about Psychedelics for Older Adults

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Not a few baby boomers are probably scratching their heads over the current “psychedelic renaissance,” wondering how and when those dangerous drugs that can fry your brain sunny side up suddenly became a promising new “miracle cure” for depression and PTSD. As a journalist of a certain age, I have been watching, fascinated, as psychedelic … Read More »

A Mid-Life Trip

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I recently traveled to New York to attend the Horizons conference on psychedelics – now in its 15th year.  Particularly exciting for me was the opportunity to hear Dr. Anthony Bossis of NYU talk about psychedelics in palliative care – a topic that has intrigued me since reading Michael Pollan’s  How To Change Your Mind in … Read More »

Can Psychedelics Help Us Face our Fear of Death

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Happy Holidays and New Year As my work as a journalist wanes, eclipsed by other writing projects, I’m happy to share my my most recent article, in DoubleBlind magazine, about a topic I am fascinated with.  Anyone with thoughts to share, I’m happy to hear! For all its inevitability, death in our society is still … Read More »