Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained: Regulations Cripple Potentially Life-Saving Research of Illicit Substances
ACS Chemical Neuroscience May 12, 2020 Kodye L. Abbott, Kristina Gill, Patrick Flannery et al. 7 citations
Regulations intended to prevent harm and addiction from substances like cannabis, MDMA, LSD, and psilocybin also create major barriers for scientists trying to study these drugs. The authors argue that modifying current drug scheduling to reclassify illicit substances would allow extensive testing in research settings, potentially advancing life-saving research.