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>as evangelists whose enthusiasm for the drugs compromised the integrity of their findings. The integrity of most drug research is compromised by commercial in
by crmd 2y ago
>as evangelists whose enthusiasm for the drugs compromised the integrity of their findings.
The integrity of most drug research is compromised by commercial incentive. Molecules like psilocybin, MDMA, and DMT can’t be patented. I am more skeptical of commercial evangelism than whatever is currently going on with psychedelic research.
- yosame 2y agoThey absolutely can be patented, look at what happened with esketamine. If these molecules work, pharma will just change them slightly (or reformulate) and sell them at a premium.
- pantalaimon 2y agoThe funny thing is that this is already happening with LSD to create a legal version (1P-LSD, 1cP-LSD, 1V-LSD, 1D-LSD, 1S-LSD) until that gets banned again and a new prodrug has to be created