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The government has previously suggested making changes to the Health and Care Act, which would bring in a scheme to protect consumers from unlicensed practitioners.

Many of them appreciate the intimacy and accountability of working with a practitioner, one-on-one.

The San Diego program will target majors in behavioral health, including clinicians, practitioners and psychiatric nurses — professions with a collective 8,000-worker shortfall in San Diego.

For this reason, many practitioners are advocating for a harm reduction approach to psychedelics that focuses on meeting people where they are and minimizing risk.

Bukola Olusanya, a nurse practitioner and the regional medical director at St. John’s, said one woman reported not having left her home in three months.