The world’s No. 1 bro-caster, who has expressed some buyer’s remorse over his endorsement of Trump, stood directly behind the president, who was seated at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office signing an executive order to ease restrictions on medical research and treatments using psychedelic drugs.

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      3 months ago

      This isn’t making it legal at all. This is reducing restrictions on research.

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        Even under the absolutely fucking absurd peak of the “War on Drugs”, I remember applying to a marijuana research study as a test subject. I didn’t get in - they had a battery of questions up front and I assume something I answered there resulted in rejection, but I knew another student that did it.

        Given it was Schedule 1, I’m sure there was not nearly enough, but I guess it still did happen.

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      I asked you, after you stated it’s “a W,” to help me understand your thinking. I’ve already given reasons why I think this is neutral at best.

      Why do you consider this to be a good thing, after what you’ve seen them do to “science” and “health?”

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        Come now, it’s better. Just as breakbone fever is better than malaria. Our country has been permanently seized by gangsters. And your countries are next. Which is not better. We are doomed, doomed I tell you. Unless we organize obviously.

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        3 months ago

        Yes, I did read your comment before replying to it. You explained nothing. I don’t know how to explain how legalization of readily available an inexpensive methods that have been proven to treat mental illnesses for decades being even considered for legalization is obviously a W.

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            3 months ago

            It’s in the article:

            The executive order directs the Food and Drug Administration to support clinical trials for psychedelics and speed up the process to approve drugs deemed to be safe and effective , including ibogaine, psilocybin, MDMA and LSD, all of which are illegal in the United States.

            I’m not sure what other way you could interpret that.