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Psychedelic Patents Should Be Limited, Harvard Law Experts Say
- pmoriarty 5y ago"The authors outline arguments for prohibiting psychedelic patents entirely, noting that patents on psychiatric drugs such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) have failed to incentivize innovation or reverse the worsening mental health crisis. 'A non-profit organization called the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) has arguably done more to advance psychedelic science than any other entity,' Marks and Cohen said. 'Without patenting the fruits of its research, MAPS has made MDMA a viable therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).'" The current profit-chasing system that props up patents is going to completely ignore anything that doesn't help them cash in. Doesn't matter how many people the current system hurts, doesn't matter how many people will be helped by changing it. The only things that matter are profit and power.