Re:I was in the MAPS MDMA for PTSD study
by refurb on Friday October 06, 2017 @03:45PM
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Some of it has to do with the history of psychedelics. At least in the US, the 1960's were rife with "psychedelics cure everything!" and they were pretty broadly used in the psychiatrist community.
What happened was that a lot of the promise of them didn't pan out. Then the laws changed and it made it much harder to do research.
So in essence, it's not just one reason why psychedelic research pretty much disappeared. Unmet expectations, lack of funding and stringent laws all contributed to it.
Re:I was in the MAPS MDMA for PTSD study
by beagle3 on Saturday October 07, 2017 @07:27AM
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It pretty much is one reason. Neural networks also fell out of favor in the AI winter, for similar reasons, but people could still experiment (and did) so we now have an NN renaissance.
What happened was that a lot of the promise of them didn't pan out. Then the laws changed and it made it much harder to do research.
So in essence, it's not just one reason why psychedelic research pretty much disappeared. Unmet expectations, lack of funding and stringent laws all contributed to it.