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Psychedelic therapy: a roadmap for wider acceptance and utilization

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Psychedelics have shown great promise in treating mental-health conditions, but their use is severely limited by legal obstacles, which could be overcome.

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We are grateful for the support of the Saisei Foundation and thank E. Wright Clayton and R. Sachs for helpful comments on an earlier draft of this article.

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  1. Project on Psychedelics Law and Regulation (POPLAR) at the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Mason Marks & I. Glenn Cohen

  2. University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law, Concord, NH, USA

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  3. Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, USA

    I. Glenn Cohen

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I.G.C. and M.M.’s work was supported by the Project on Psychedelics Law and Regulation (POPLAR), which itself receives funding from the Saisei Foundation, a non-profit organization based in Austin, Texas. M.M. is a governor-appointed member of the Oregon Psilocybin Advisory Board and chairs its licensing subcommittee.

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Marks, M., Cohen, I.G. Psychedelic therapy: a roadmap for wider acceptance and utilization. Nat Med 27, 1669–1671 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-021-01530-3

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