“I’m quite optimistic,” says activist Rick Doblin. “But I’m also worried that the message the public might get is ‘Well, RFK likes psychedelics and now it’s approved.’”
Do not fucking trust the ends of these seemingly reasonable means.
Should we really count on this department and its affiliates to quality control and dole out these substances in a scientifically accurate and medically approved manner during treatment?
What’s stopping these purveyors from issuing you an altered or “experimental” version of these drugs, with or without your knowledge?
What happens if you “unexpectedly” experience a psychotic break or some other severe mental crisis as a result of these drugs and, buried somewhere in the fine print you signed, your rights to discontinue the regimen and seek further treatment independently are suddenly, simply, out of your hands?
Because this man and those around him will gleefully schlep you to a “wellness farm” instead.
You follow?
Just… Jesus Christ just please read the fine fuckin print of any drug “trial” you sign yourself up for.
Do not fucking trust the ends of these seemingly reasonable means.
Should we really count on this department and its affiliates to quality control and dole out these substances in a scientifically accurate and medically approved manner during treatment?
What’s stopping these purveyors from issuing you an altered or “experimental” version of these drugs, with or without your knowledge?
What happens if you “unexpectedly” experience a psychotic break or some other severe mental crisis as a result of these drugs and, buried somewhere in the fine print you signed, your rights to discontinue the regimen and seek further treatment independently are suddenly, simply, out of your hands?
Because this man and those around him will gleefully schlep you to a “wellness farm” instead.
You follow?
Just… Jesus Christ just please read the fine fuckin print of any drug “trial” you sign yourself up for.