#005: Revolutionizing Mental Health Care with Psychedelics
In this episode I sit down with Leonie Joubert, a science writer based in Cape Town, South Africa. Leonie became interested in psychedelics through a now high profile court case that has gone all the way to South Africa’s Supreme Court. A favorable ruling for the defendant could lead to the legalization of psilocybin mushrooms.
Leonie shares her thoughts on how psychedelics could potentially revolutionize mental health care in South Africa, by providing an effective, low cost alternative to healing trauma and expanding access to the vast majority of South Africans who are locked out of the current system. These lessons offer great potential not only for South Africa, but for the United States and for other countries struggling with the high costs of health care and pharmaceutical drugs.
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