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Re:Compass Pathways has set itself up to be the first legal ... by atomical on Friday January 04, 2019 @12:31PM (#18825837)
There has to be a profit motive to get something to market. There have been 18 years of small studies on Ketamine for TRD with little progress.
Re:Compass Pathways has set itself up to be the first legal ... by ada1981 on Friday January 04, 2019 @12:38PM (#18825909)
Unless you look at the other psychedelic with breakthrough status - MDMA, which Rick Doblin has brought through clinical trials as a non-profit.

Doblin has no profit motive and is stoked with his $70k a year salary. His goal is changing culture, that is his motive.

Re:Compass Pathways has set itself up to be the first legal ... by dannyw on Friday January 04, 2019 @03:00PM (#18827148)
MAPS’ MDMA is also commercialised by a for profit company.

As far as I know, the company is independent and not the Mozilla approach (Mozilla Foundstion owns Mozilla corporation).

Re:Compass Pathways has set itself up to be the first legal ... by ada1981 on Friday January 04, 2019 @11:01PM (#18829833)
A for profit company that is wholly owned by the MAPS non-profit.

I know Rick Doblin and have donated a good amount of money to MAPS.

There is no comparison between maps and compass.

Re:Compass Pathways has set itself up to be the first legal ... by perfmode on Friday January 04, 2019 @12:45PM (#18825984)
Believe it or not, some people just want to make the world a better place.

Profit motive _can_ help to motivate people if there is a lack of motivation. However, it is not true that there _must_ be profit motive.

Right now, there is no lack of motivation to get this stuff out there. It is the questionable government prohibition that is holding things back.

Re:Compass Pathways has set itself up to be the first legal ... by basseq on Friday January 04, 2019 @01:56PM (#18826629)
The experts/critics seem to be questioning that motivation. They're implying that profit-motive (regardless of any other motive) is inherently bad.
Re:Compass Pathways has set itself up to be the first legal ... by adfm on Friday January 04, 2019 @03:49PM (#18827464)
The "crunchy-granola" dog whistle in another thread is telling. Psychedelics and FOSS histories are intertwined. If that doesn't register, you're in for a bummer of a trip. The article seemed to do a pretty good job of exposing C.O.M.P.A.S.S./Compass for the exploitive carpetbaggers they appear to be.
Re:Compass Pathways has set itself up to be the first legal ... by perfmode on Friday January 04, 2019 @02:56PM (#18827124)
Can you cite an instance of this?