Maria Carmo Carvalho, teacher and researcher of FEP/CEDH,  took part in the “Psychedelic Science 2017”, last April in Oakland - San Francisco, by sharing her experience managing the project Kosmicare - Boom Festival, a crisis intervention project related to psychoactive substances’ use in recreational environments.

She shared her views and experience regarding Portuguese Harm Reduction at the "Psychedelic Harm Reduction - Creating the Container" Panel, while presenting the lecture “Harm Reduction at Portugal’s Boom Festival: A post-prohibitionist model" at the Post-Conference Workshop "Psychedelic Harm Reduction - Supporting and Transforming Challenging Experiences", where she presented the most recent data about the project's activity.

 

Highlights: This Conference is organized by the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies - MAPS.org and is the international reference for researchers in various fields connected by the joint interest in psychedelics. World renowned experts meet here to share their most recent achievements about the therapeutic potential of several products, interventions aimed at reducing the risks associated with their use and increasing safety, and state of the art contributions in bio-medical, cultural, spiritual and religious fields, among other topics. More information here.

 

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