加拿大的psilocybin药房和在线医疗索赔在加拿大
Jenna Matsukubo1,2, Sarah Dickson3,4, Jennifer Xiao3
1Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
JAMA network open
|April 1, 2025
概括
加拿大的psilocybin药房越来越容易进入,许多药店提出未经验证的健康声明,缺乏关键的安全警告. 这凸显了加强监管监督的必要性,以确保有关西宾产品的公共安全.
科学领域:
- 精神活性物质研究 精神活性物质研究
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会趋势 社会趋势
背景情况:
- 在全球范围内,社会对psilocybin的兴趣和使用正在增长.
- 在经批准的临床试验之外,psilocybin在加拿大仍然是非法的.
- 事证据表明,通过不受监管的道增加了访问.
研究的目的:
- 描述加拿大各地西药房的可访问性和特点.
- 分析在psilocybin药房网站上传播的健康声明和警告.
主要方法:
- 采用了横截面研究设计.
- 系统的网络搜索和媒体报道在2024年5月确定了加拿大psilocybin药房.
- 对药房数据和网站信息进行了描述性,地理空间和内容分析.
主要成果:
- 在加拿大15个主要城市中发现了57家 псилоцибин药房,在安大略省和不列颠哥伦比亚省有显著的集中.
- 有各种各样的psilocybin产品可供选择,包括干,微剂量囊,巧克力和糖果,许多模仿受欢迎的食品品牌.
- 虽然大多数网站 (86.4%) 声称有心理健康益处,但关于在怀孕期间使用,驾驶或患有先前心理健康状况的人的具体警告并不常见.
结论:
- 在加拿大主要城市中心的很大一部分,psilocybin零售商存在.
- 药房网站上普遍存在未经验证的健康声明,同时缺乏必要的安全警告.
- 显然需要加强监管措施,以减轻与不受监管的psilocybin获取相关的公共卫生风险.
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