OPIS's December 2022 newsletter is out. Topics include progress on morphine & palliative care in Burkina Faso, psilocybin for cluster headaches, ayahuasca as a successful treatment for SUNCT, and reflections on the threat of locked-in totalitarianism mailchi.mp/106e8af12947/o…

My new book is out today! A key paradigm in The Tango of Ethics is the conflict and interplay between two fundamentally different ways of seeing and being in the world, and how they can be reconciled within a holistic ethical framework. forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/BiQe6Nt9…

Janis Hughes is a stage IV cancer patient and psilocybin advocate who has experienced end-of-life distress relating to her diagnosis. Health Canada denied her access to use psilocybin through a s. 56 exemption nearly a year ago

.@Amnesty is deeply concerned about the Greek authorities’ decision to bring criminal proceedings against Tommy Olsen, a Norwegian national and founder of the NGO Aegean Boat Report.

Join us on 17 Jan for a webinar (link: bit.ly/zoomco17) with 4 visionaries on building peace in Israel-Palestine. מעוז معوز Maoz A Land for All ארץ לכולם بلاد للجميع עומדים ביחד نقف معًا Standing Together🟣 Combatants for Peace ALLMEP Parents Circle Peace Now נשים עושות שלום

The recording of our webinar is available here: youtube.com/watch?v=ZSDrGf…

So many wonderful quotes from our upcoming #Sentientism episode with Jonathan Leighton OPIS 🤩 "...without subjective experience there's nothing for anything to matter to." "This is what makes suffering unique... suffering is a state of being that inherently calls for action."

My conversation with Jamie Woodhouse for the @Sentientism podcast is now out. We discuss core questions like What's real?, What matters?, Who matters?, and finally, How to make a better world? OPIS youtube.com/watch?v=Lddo2s…

My talk at EAGxAustralia in September 2023 on prioritising the urgency of suffering youtube.com/watch?v=4M5fgk…

Our case study showing that ayahuasca and other psychedelics suspended symptoms in a patient with an agonising headache condition called SUNCT

Dr Nimrod Rosler from Tel Aviv University on the psychology of conflict & strategies to shift attitudes in Israel-Palestine, speaking at a peacebuilding retreat we co-organised in Greece in April Combatants for Peace youtube.com/watch?v=__cVJr…

As a result of a partnership we initiated 3 years ago with TheraPsil, Health Canada has provided legal access to psilocybin for the first cluster headache patient. We are hopeful that the barriers to access will continue to fall everywhere. preventsuffering.org/wp-content/upl…

OPIS is conducting a survey to gather information about suffering caused by a wide range of conditions, including intensity & duration. Anyone who has experienced significant suffering, past or present, can participate. 5-15 min to complete docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

We are currently running a unique, large-scale survey to assess suffering due to a wide range of life conditions. Please consider participating and sharing widely! Info & link on this page: preventsuffering.org/metrics/#survey #PublicHealth #MentalHealth #Wellbeing

Support us and our work to promote compassionate governance and effectively address some of the worst forms of suffering. Our autumn fundraiser: gofundme.com/f/kymdqc-opis-…

Important analysis of the global burden of cluster headache pain, applies our proposed suffering metrics YLSS (Years Lived with Severe Suffering) and DLES (Days Lived with Extreme Suffering) Felicia Knaul Clusterbusters, Inc. Pain News Network

Testimonial of a chronic cluster headache patient with 10 attacks/day after successfully using DMT as a rapid abortive youtube.com/watch?v=ClBV0g…

𝗪𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲 Jonathan Leighton 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘁 𝗔𝗜, 𝗔𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹𝘀, & 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱! 🌍 Jonathan is the Executive Director of the Organisation for the Prevention of Intense Suffering OPIS , a

Our new case series on 9 cluster headache patients treated with psychedelics + ketamine under compassionate use provisions at the Zurich pain clinic of Livia Granata, adding to the evidence pool and supporting an expanded role for such treatments OPIS doi.org/10.1177/251581…

We are pleased to announce our new, wide-ranging publication "Compassionate Governance: A Strategic Guide to Preventing and Alleviating Global Suffering" available for free download or paperback order. Launch webinar on 25 June. preventsuffering.org/compassionate-…