"an era of psychedelic medicine" these platitudes are deceiving sure, some people will get an advantage from these treatments never the less, this is no revo

"an era of psychedelic medicine" these platitudes are deceiving sure, some people will get an advantage from these treatments never the less, this is no revolution. in US during the early 80s we had MDMA being made in huge quantities and being consumed in clubs, in addition to therapists using it in guided sessions. for 40 years since, the likes of rick doblin and his associates have been trying to push for this treatment. the reason the government is now seriously considering this is because of the needs of combat veterans. it works for PTSD where nothing else in the pharmacopeia does. there are very strong psychedelics like 5-meo-dmt and ibogaine and to some degree ayahuasca and mushrooms that work perhaps even better. that's basically it for treating serious mental problems in post-combat vets. for many people in those extreme mental health crisis situations, they are coming to private clinics outside of the USA to receive these treatments, the government needs to fix this situation because it's ridiculous. despite all this, the use case for MDMA and other psychedelics in the general population is less well understood. certainly, we should explore it, and perhaps it will help to improve our relationships with these drugs in general to have a positive, healthy way to use them that steers them us the right direction. at least, a framework that we can reference. i just don't know that all of this is going to be "an era" or a revolution or whatever people have in their minds. mental health in this country is at al all time low as far as i can tell. if we can even make a dent, that's great. if we start to improve some previously unfixable situations for people, great. we'll need our best abilities to get through what's coming next. as an aside, rick doblin took almost 40 years to do what peter thiel's company did in 4.