A building in Kingston, Ont., with 150 years of history is now beginning a new chapter, in a new form of medicine.
The old Portsmouth town hall is now the home to Neuma, a psychedelic wellness facility that uses cannabis to help patients deal with mental illnesses, such as anxiety, depression and PTSD.
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The stigma of psychedelics in mainstream culture, linked to the counterculture movement of the 1960s and 70s, is starting to fade as the therapeutic aspects of these drugs are explored more.
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“There are harmful levels to them and other drugs,” says Firth. “But
