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The Best Censorship of Research in the History of the World
The story is one of what I call the worst censorship of research in the history of the world. These drugs were banned because they were being used recreationally but also as medicines. It was seen to be fueling the anti-Vietnam war movement, which was reprehensible and spiteful. We did the first modern trial of a psychedelic, side-asiving, and people with treatment-resistant depression. And we had remarkable effects. That's led to a lot of companies going off to try to replicate it. One has already done that. So we probably have a thousand patients now around the world who've shown remarkable benefits just a side-Asiving alone.