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A Win for Science, with Profound Implications for Industry: FDA Rejects MDMA

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That is surely a problem, but it’s also a documented problem for other drugs. The FDA usually bends over backwards to approve new drugs, particularly psychiatric drugs. Yet, in this instance, the advisory board complained about a lack of blinding and possible underreporting of harms. Why isn’t this concern raised about, say, antidepressants?

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Set, Setting, Forgetting: Silence on Abuse in Psychedelic Therapy Histories

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Psychedelic therapy advocates consistently dismiss these concerns as exaggerated or isolated incidents that are inevitable in any therapy. It is essential to recognize how the underlying methods and clinical beliefs of the leading psychedelic therapy researchers facilitated exploitation.