As I just announced on X, two heavyweights in the drug policy space have agreed to come on the podcast to debate Trump’s new psychedelic executive order:
What possible problem can there be with any drug if the patient is fully informed of the risk/benefit analysis and they've been struggling for long periods of time without help from available medications or treatments? Why does a person have to be dying in order to have "the right to try"? Those with severe depression and/or PTSD are at severe risk of suicide. Why deny them the opportunity to try a drug that has shown dramatic impact in multiple people, assuming they are properly informed of the potential side effects?
What possible problem can there be with any drug if the patient is fully informed of the risk/benefit analysis and they've been struggling for long periods of time without help from available medications or treatments? Why does a person have to be dying in order to have "the right to try"? Those with severe depression and/or PTSD are at severe risk of suicide. Why deny them the opportunity to try a drug that has shown dramatic impact in multiple people, assuming they are properly informed of the potential side effects?
I agree. We talked about this in the debate.