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E-1210 (RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT)
42nd Parliament
Initiated by Bradley Foster from Toronto, Ontario, on September 12, 2017, at 3:54 p.m. (EDT)
keywords
Government assistance
Hallucinogens
Medical research
Medical techniques and procedures
The Petition is open for signature until January 10, 2018, at 3:54 p.m. (EDT)

Petition details
PETITION TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
Whereas:
  • Globally, and within Canada, a multitude of pilot studies and controlled clinical trials have established clear and experimentally-validated protocols for the safe use of psychedelics in clinical-therapeutic contexts;
  • Psychedelic-assisted psychotherapies have shown clear promise as breakthrough interventions for treatment-resistant post-traumatic stress disorder, treatment resistant major depressive disorder, end-of-life anxiety in terminally ill cancer patients, and various substance addiction disorders (ranging from nicotine to alcohol to opioids) – debilitating conditions that the Parliamentary Information Service’s studies have concluded to cost the country well over $50 billion annually;
  • Psychedelic compounds, and the plant sources they are derived from, cannot be patented, and as such, there is no incentive for pharmaceutical companies to invest in the development of these treatments despite a rapidly growing body of evidence supporting their effectiveness;
  • As such, clinical research using psychedelics thus requires robust public funding in order to progress. Such funding would help to establish Canada as a world leader in the development of novel mental health treatments and interventions; and
  • Therefore, given the strong precedent for the safe use of psychedelics in controlled-clinical settings,
We, the undersigned, citizens of Canada, call upon the Minister of Health to request that the Minister acknowledge the potential for psychedelic research to generate novel and effective treatment options for these, and likely various other conditions, and to commit significant, multi-year, funding for major psychedelic research projects at hospitals and universities across Canada.

Sponsor
Nathaniel Erskine-Smith
Beaches—East York
Liberal
Ontario

History
Open for signature : September 12, 2017, at 3:54 p.m. (EDT)
Closed for signature : January 10, 2018, at 3:54 p.m. (EDT)

Signatures (1374)
Province / Territory
Signatures
Alberta
155
British Columbia
455
Manitoba
22
New Brunswick
25
Newfoundland and Labrador
10
Nova Scotia
36
Ontario
481
Prince Edward Island
4
Quebec
149
Saskatchewan
25
Yukon
2
Other Countries
10
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