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Who is funding this "research"? Academic research is as susceptible to influence-by-money as much as anyone else. A recent relevant example is Purdue Pharma: h
by forgingahead 6y ago
Who is funding this "research"? Academic research is as susceptible to influence-by-money as much as anyone else.
A recent relevant example is Purdue Pharma: https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-purdue-pharma-media-playbook-how-it-planted-the-opioid-anti-story https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-purdue-pharma-medi...
- WalterGR 6y agoWho is funding this "research"? I don’t know. I’m not seeing any malfeasance and I don’t think research into psychedelics is innately immoral or improper, so I’m not motivated to check the institution’s funding sources. You can probably find this out fairly easily. Why do you put the word research in scare quotes? Do you not personally approve of the research, or do you have evidence that the research methodology or conclusions are problematic?
- forgingahead 6y agoAs I said above, academic research is as susceptible to influence-by-money as anything else. As the parent commenter pointed out, there is a lot more of this being published, and there is a monetary benefit for certain firms to have new types of drugs to introduce and sell. And as I also pointed out, large corporations have funded publications, news coverage, and research that help change the public perception and discussion around things previously less-accepted. With all the above (more uncharitably, since actors have the means, motive, and opportunity), we should certainly be skeptical when we notice this happening and not hand-wave it away.
- stjohnswarts 6y agoIt's mostly because the feds have been lightening up on forbidding the research and in granting permission to do it. See also state governments as more evidence comes to light that they just might help (significantly) various neurological issues, particularly depression and anxiety.