By Jason Hancock | Editor-in-Chief
Good morning,
When Anne Bethune opened Missouri’s first ketamine-assisted therapy practice in 2019, she wasn’t sure it would catch on. She sent dozens of letters to doctors looking for someone willing to prescribe the drug. Most never answered.
Seven years later, Bethune has led more than 500 ketamine sessions and helped with psilocybin studies at the University of Kansas Medical Center.
Now she’s trying to convince Missouri lawmakers that psychedelic-assisted therapy deserves a closer look. Rebecca Rivas spent time with Bethune to see how the treatment works and why she believes ketamine may be only the start.
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by Rebecca Rivas
Kansas City social worker Anne Bethune has run more than 500 ketamine sessions. She’s also spent years pushing Missouri lawmakers to authorize psilocybin-assisted therapy.
(Vaughn Wheat/The Beacon)
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