- RAND: Eight million adults in the U.S. used psilocybin (the main psychedelic substance in magic mushrooms) in 2023.
- NYT: Psychedelics are popular with CEOs.
- Female doctors in Myanmar can earn more money as prostitutes than practicing medicine.
- Are everyday chemicals causing the fertility decline in women?
- Cancer prevention advice.
Category: Health Reform
Monday Links
- Why haven’t we found a cure for cancer?
- The most important barrier to income mobility in our economy: government regulations.
- Opioid settlement money is being wasted.
- DOGE opportunities: “There is upwards of $200 billion worth of savings sitting on the shelf right now in ignored GAO recommendations.
- Organic molecules are ubiquitous in the universe.
- We might be able to save 600,000 children from death by malaria by altering mosquito genes. But should we?
Thursday Links
- In New York City, where wealthy families will stop at nothing for their children in a competitive private school system, elite tutors earn as much as $1 million a year.
- A first-of-its-kind bee vaccine.
- $1 million bet: Did the COVID mRNA vaccines save more lives than they killed?
- Against sports betting.
- Four ways to make government more efficient.
Mental Health Disorders are on the Rise, as are Unqualified Therapists
Covid and the lockdowns increased self-reported cases of anxiety and depression. People were sequestered in apartments, homes away from work and many of the services they’d come to enjoy. Many were having to work (or unable to work) while their kids were studying over Zoom. With increased demand for therapists, not all therapists are equal in skill. Rachel Hall from The Guardian reports on when therapy goes wrong, when you are cared for by an unqualified mental health practitioner.