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New analysis shows ideology, not science, drove the global prohibition of psychedelics (www.psypost.org)
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[โ€“] okwhateverdude@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And in other news, water is wet.

[โ€“] etherphon@piefed.world 0 points 1 month ago

Yeah this is some real groundbreaking news to psych fans lol.

[โ€“] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

This is not new.

This was conservative America fighting against the hippie movement, and most countries laws have been updated because these therapies are a thing for addiction, depression and PTSD. I don't know about the US but who cares.

[โ€“] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago

Basically every time I trip shrooms I remember that they're illegal, and it is so. funny.

We banned the therapy drugs and flooded the streets with crack, and now we're left wondering why our society is so fucked.