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The decision came after the agency's advisory committee said in June that there wasn't enough evidence the therapy was safe or effective.

Archived version: https://archive.ph/4NwVq

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[–] funkyfarmington@lemmy.world 26 points 3 months ago (1 children)

These are the same folks who declared Oxycodone was not addictive.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 20 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

setback for mdma specifically, psilocybin is still safe and effective for a lot of the same symptoms.

Plus there are still psilocybin ptsd trials going on because psilocybin's so safe.

psychedelic medicine is too effective to ignore.

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 3 months ago

That's really sad. I listened to this podcast about this researcher pushing for this and it sounded really interesting. It's called the Joy of Why, the episode about spichedelics and mental health.

https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_5340_0ca83d8a-8e60-4f0a-a394-84e99f9097fe&uf=http%3A%2F%2Fjoy.quantamagazine.org

[–] KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

They actually have some really valid reasons for the decision. I don’t support the criminalization of drugs but I agree there needs to be some better research before it’s approved for prescription use.