A new, incredibly thorough piece of reportage from Psymposia and Truthdig digs into the Silicon Valley elites who are helping drive the push to commercialize and normalize psychedelics.
Key quote: We detail how this group and its affiliate organizations conducted a strategic campaign to shape public perception in favor of Lykos Therapeutics’ failed MDMA-assisted therapy application and demonize its critics. The PSFC’s ultimate goal was to persuade the FDA to approve Lykos’ application, against the recommendation of its own advisory committee and numerous other professional organizations. This approval would have jump-started a psychedelic industry in which many of the PSFC’s members are financially invested, and expedite the privatization of psychedelic research and proliferation of intellectual property barriers.
You can read the executive summary here; going through the full investigation is a must for anyone interested in the malfeasance of the industry and its allies as they push psychoactive drugs as cures for serious psychological issues, propose using veterans as guinea pigs, violate ethical standards around drug testing, and much more.