Re:Could ayahuasca have health benefits?
by schedule1 on Sunday October 01, 2017 @11:39AM
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Nothing will happen until psychedelics are rescheduled. It's a travesty that even the "natural" tryptamines (psilocybin/psilocin and DMT) can't be researched more easily.
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Re:Could ayahuasca have health benefits?
by anythingnonidin on Sunday October 01, 2017 @03:22PM
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Not true - psilocybin is being actively researched by Heffter/Usona. They are much more limited by funding than they are by scheduling (at least, in the US).
The main benefit of rescheduling will likely be through easier access to government funding and funding from large foundations.
If you’re very wealthy, you can fund psychedelic research that interests you today - again, the scheduling is not close to being the main limiting factor.
Source: I’ve talked with multiple researchers who are studying psychedelics.