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B.C. company gets licence to test psychedelic drugs for therapy treatment (BCCSU)

B.C. company gets licence to test psychedelic drugs for therapy treatment (Photo Credit: vernonmorningstar.com)
B.C. company gets licence to test psychedelic drugs for therapy treatment (Photo Credit: vernonmorningstar.com)

A Nanaimo company has been granted a licence to test and analyze psychedelic drugs.

Salvation Botanicals’ Nanaimo lab has been granted a controlled drugs and substances dealer’s licence to test psychedelics such as psilocybin, mescaline and MDMA, said Michael Tan, the company’s CEO, in an e-mail to the News Bulletin.

Tan noted that a Phase 3 clinical trial of MDMA for patients suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder will begin soon through the B.C. Centre on Substance Use.

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