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[–] [email protected] 3 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

Yes, but it shouldn’t be legalized for the wrong reasons.

This is kind of an interesting thought, imo. If one agrees with the resultant policy, does the rationale used to get there matter? Perhaps it does in principle, but I wonder if it matters in practice. The end result is the same.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago

If the end result is that psychedelics get used as an excuse to take power away from the FDA, then everybody's safety gets compromised in all areas of healthcare.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I think the implications here is that the reasons it gets legalized can have an impact on the specifics of the policy. Which would mean that they wouldn't agree with the policy beyond the legalization itself.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I think the implications here is that the reasons it gets legalized can have an impact on the specifics of the policy.

Could you elaborate on what you mean?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 12 hours ago

If the brain worms tell RFK Jr. That psychedelics are actually a cancer cure, then legislation could be put forth to legalize psychedelics. But rather than allowing recreational use, or using them for a medical purpose based on scientific fact such as use in conjunction with therapy to treat depression, it could be legalized as prescribed medication for cancer. This has the drawbacks of not allowing access to people that could actually benefit from it, as well as now being used as a snake oil cure for something completely unrelated that will prevent people from getting other more effective treatment.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

It does not matter morally, but does rhetorically and politically. The result of neglecting the latter is your rhetoric can be abused, see OP