THE WEEKLY REVEAL
Saturday, March 16, 2024
Hello! In this issue:
Psychedelic drugs show promise in treating PTSD and other mental health challenges.
How a business transaction threatens reproductive rights in a blue state.
We exposed the Mormon church’s protection of an ex-bishop. Now he’s been arrested.
THIS WEEK’S PODCAST
America Goes Psychedelic, Again
Psilocybin mushrooms ready for harvest in a humidified "fruiting chamber.” Credit: John Moore/Getty Images
Psychedelic drugs were outlawed by the federal government more than 50 years ago, and for most of that time, the idea of making them legal again was politically unthinkable. But over the past few years, even conservative lawmakers have begun supporting efforts to bring psychedelics back for use under certain conditions.
This week on Reveal, we attend the largest psychedelic drug conference. We meet veterans who decided not to wait for legalized psychedelic-assisted therapy. And we join a woman from Oakland, California, as she documents her journey with ketamine.
Listen to the episode Other places to listen: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
IN THE NEWS
Ex-Bishop at Center of Our Investigation Into Mormon Church Has Been Arrested
The story of Idaho dentist John Goodrich was at the center of our collaboration with The Associated Press about how The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints protects itself from sexual abuse allegations. Goodrich’s daughter accused the ex-bishop of sexual abuse, starting when she was 9.
Now he has been arrested in Virginia following a grand jury indictment on multiple felony charges, including forcible rape, forcible sodomy and aggravated sexual battery by a parent of a child.
Listen: Hidden Confessions of the Mormon Church
Read: Ex-Mormon Bishop Arrested on Charges of Sexually Abusing His Daughter
Reminds me of Operation Midnight Climax and hearing a radio ad for a podcast with miraculous timing.
Re: CFIR Psychedelic drugs treating PTSD and Mormon church’s protection of an ex-bishop
Thinker wrote: Sat Oct 15, 2022 6:13 pm
WOW! …
Seriously, that is so incredibly outrageous to have a MORMON church leader getting high!! Holly tomolly Mormony!! I looked it up - looks legit, though it was before becoming a leader, but maybe his past experience was considered helpful…
Religious Leaders Are Experimenting with Psychedelics for Scientific Purposes (2017)
“…Orthodox Jewish rabbi, a Reform Christian, a Zen Buddhist, and 10 other ordained ministers started taking psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, at Johns Hopkins University…” https://www.esquire.com/lifestyle/news/ ... ers-study/