The Story of Rick Doblin's Life and The Future of Psychedelic Medicine - 40
"Dear Humanity," a Lovecast with Laura Dawn
What Was Really the Turning Point?
The shift has to do with aids actually. So it's in the 19 eighties, and aids is a death sentence. And then a group called act up was created. That what they felt was going on was that the fda was being too slow to permit new drugs. They were overly emphasizing risks of drugs but not properly focusing on potential benefits. In 19 90, they gave rick stroslan permission to work with v m t. I knew gra mby ma was great for p t s d, but there was all this ner toxicity concerns,. One dose permanent brain damage, major functional consequences. All these things we know are not true, but that was the concern. We
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