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Each article describes Dr. Lewis as he was when it was published. Roles named in the articles may have changed since.

  • Psychedelic Health article: Could psychedelics hold promise for brain injuries?

    Psychedelic Health January 16, 2023

    Could psychedelics hold promise for brain injuries?

    Written by Stephanie Price

    Dr Evan Lewis, concussion specialist and Vice President of Psychedelic Neurology at Numinus, is working to collect data on concussions and psychedelics to better understand if they are beneficial for TBIs, and to inform future research.

  • Monster Children article: Can Psychedelics Treat Brain Injury?

    Monster Children November 30, 2022

    Can Psychedelics Treat Brain Injury?

    Written by Louis O’Neil

    Well, it turns out that athletes who are engaged in contact sports might just need to take psychedelics. I’m not kidding. But don’t take it from me, listen to Dr. Evan Cole Lewis, a Neurologist, Clinical Neurophysiologist, and Vice President of Psychedelic Neurology at the psychedelic research group Numinus.

  • Outside Magazine article: Jim Harris was paralyzed. then he ate magic mushrooms.

    Outside Magazine November 9, 2022

    Jim Harris was paralyzed. then he ate magic mushrooms.

    Written by Rachel Mabe

    After becoming paralyzed from the chest down, the mountain athlete found an unlikely ally in recovery: psychedelics.

  • Toronto Star article: How Toronto virtual clinics are helping significantly cut wait times by nearly 40% in some cases

    Toronto Star August 29, 2022

    How Toronto virtual clinics are helping significantly cut wait times by nearly 40% in some cases

    Written by Patty Winsa

    A Toronto neurology centre is using virtual clinics to significantly cut wait times for referrals, in some cases, by as much as 38 per cent…

  • Goop article: What are the Benefits of Microdosing?

    Goop August 2, 2022

    What are the Benefits of Microdosing?

    Written by Kelly Martin

    Psychedelic experiences have the potential for great healing. But it’s also true that trips are intense events that can teeter into emotionally difficult territory, and in rare cases they can result in significant harm. And guided experiences with a trained clinician can cost thousands of dollars….

  • CBC News article: This is where everybody loses out

    CBC News July 25, 2022

    This is where everybody loses out

    Written by Sam Juric

    This 3-year-old in Ontario has seizures up to 100 times a day. She still can’t get a drug that’s shown to help…

  • DoubleBlind article: Out of the Ring (Issue No. 7)

    DoubleBlind July 2022

    Out of the Ring (Issue No. 7)

    Written by Alexis Garcia

    Over a quiet Valentine’s Day dinner at home with his 10-year-old daughter London, Ian McCall kept coming back to one nagging thought…

  • American Marijuana article: Meet the Doctor who wants to Heal Brains with Psychedelics

    American Marijuana April 24, 2022

    Meet the Doctor who wants to Heal Brains with Psychedelics

    Written by Zack Ruskin

    Though it may sound like fodder for a fantasy novel, Dr. Evan Lewis of the Neurology Centre of Toronto wants to make the field of psychedelic neurology a reality. It’s an ambitious desire, given that psychedelics is a broad term which encompasses compounds ranging from cannabis to ketamine…

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