Hi! Thanks for doing this. I read How To Change Your Mind a few years ago and quite enjoyed it, which lead me to following this space since then. A few questions come to mind right now but I’ll post them separately. Feel free to answer what is interesting and ignore what seems less important.
First off: How do you see the regulatory environment around psychedelics changing in the next decade? IIRC from this podcast with Rick Doblin, it looks like MDMA could be decriminalized in the US in the next years and psilocybin might follow a few years after that. Is this correct?
Yes, it looks likely that MDMA will be approved in the next two years, followed by psilocybin within five years. So far the FDA has been true to its word, treating these compounds as if they were any others, throwing up no special hurdles.
Hi! Thanks for doing this. I read How To Change Your Mind a few years ago and quite enjoyed it, which lead me to following this space since then. A few questions come to mind right now but I’ll post them separately. Feel free to answer what is interesting and ignore what seems less important.
First off: How do you see the regulatory environment around psychedelics changing in the next decade? IIRC from this podcast with Rick Doblin, it looks like MDMA could be decriminalized in the US in the next years and psilocybin might follow a few years after that. Is this correct?
Yes, it looks likely that MDMA will be approved in the next two years, followed by psilocybin within five years. So far the FDA has been true to its word, treating these compounds as if they were any others, throwing up no special hurdles.