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It is absolutely shocking to me that research into psychedelics isn't swamped with funding. I'd imagine that some wealthy people must find this stuff extremely
by anythingnonidin 9y ago
It is absolutely shocking to me that research into psychedelics isn't swamped with funding. I'd imagine that some wealthy people must find this stuff extremely intriguing - Yuri Milner is spending $100 million on space exploration, and a psilocybin phase 3 research trial needs ~$10 million and finds it really hard to raise money?
Psychedelics have extremely high therapeutic potential, and are also just interesting in a similar same way as space exploration is interesting.
- diogenescynic 9y ago>It is absolutely shocking to me that research into psychedelics isn't swamped with funding. I find it more shocking that we as a society put up with it. All the pharmaceutical companies would much rather find synthetic alternatives they can patent/control. Follow the money, as always, and it makes perfect sense.
- anythingnonidin 9y ago> I find it more shocking that we as a society put up with it. Great point.
- sannee 9y ago> I find it more shocking that we as a society put up with it. All the pharmaceutical companies would much rather find synthetic alternatives they can patent/control. Follow the money, as always, and it makes perfect sense. Why are not pharmaceutical companies pushing synthetic psychedelics then? The whole {P,T}IHKAL is full of them, it surely isn't a large problem to cook up another variant to patent.
- anythingnonidin 9y agoGood question. My guess at first pass is that {P,T}IHKAL has explored the easy search space? But, I'm not very certain here. Also, the Usona Institute had a job posting for a psychedelic chemist doing just that earlier this year. They are the group supporting the psilocybin phase 3 trials.