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The Emergence of a New Market: Psychedelic Science Conferences

By Bia Labate

Many are talking about the “commodification of psychedelics” or the “new psychedelic businesses” or “corporations”; however, this boom is affecting all areas of our field. I feel an important piece missing from the conversation: the emergence of the new psychedelic science conference market.

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