Michelle Lhooq

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What You Need to Know About Ketamine Therapy, the Buzzy Mental Health Trend

It sounds like it’s a quick fix for what ails your brain, but the truth is more complicated than what you'll see on social media.

September 18, 2025

September 18, 2025

What You Need to Know About Ketamine Therapy, the Buzzy Mental Health Trend

It sounds like it’s a quick fix for what ails your brain, but the truth is more complicated than what you'll see on social media.

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February 14, 2025

February 14, 2025

Experts Hope for a Quick Recovery for LA’s Tourism Economy

The wildfires have cost at least $164 billion in destruction. By comparison, the city’s $40 billion travel economy has taken virtually no hit at all.

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July 21, 2022

July 21, 2022

With Magic Mushrooms, Small Businesses Lead, Hoping Laws Will Follow

An underground economy is thriving as laws around the illegal fungi loosen. Here’s how businesses are rushing to take advantage of the changing paradigms on psilocybin.

With Magic Mushrooms, Small Businesses Lead, Hoping Laws Will Follow

January 18, 2021

January 18, 2021

Psychedelic Therapy Schools Are Popping Up Like Mushrooms

For hundreds or thousands of dollars, you can get certified to administer mind-altering—and some say, mind-healing—drugs.

Psychedelic Therapy Schools Are Popping Up Like Mushrooms

September 21, 2020

September 21, 2020

Music Festivals Create Their Own ‘Bubbles’ to Get Partiers Back Out

Two-stage Covid-19 testing is being piloted as a strategy to safely reopen the live events sector.

Music Festivals Create Their Own ‘Bubbles’ to Get Partiers Back Out

May 15, 2020

May 15, 2020

From Keith Urban to EDM, Drive-In Concerts Are Your Future Now

Whether the economics make sense once the novelty wears off is another question.

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April 14, 2020

April 14, 2020

People Are Paying Real Money to Get Into Virtual Zoom Nightclubs

Can a novelty for the bored-at-home last after the coronavirus pandemic?

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