Politics

Why rescheduling LSD and psilocybin would transform research into treating depression and anxiety

Two decades’ worth of clinical research was first ignored and then forgotten; laboratories and careers were shut down; the War on Drugs claimed thousands of psychiatric patients as the first of its many civilian casualties. If you’ve been paying attention recently you’ll know we are in the midst of a Psychedelic Renaissance, discovering the clinical…

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Expanding drug courts won’t help ease the opioid crisis

Most drug courts do not reduce imprisonment, do not save money or improve public safety, and ultimately fail to help people struggling with drug problems. Today’s drug courts are no more effective — but are considerably more costly — than voluntary treatment, and often leave their participants worse off for trying. Most U.S. drug courts…

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