The Battle Over Psychedelic Therapy’s Future

Psilocybin therapy is on the brink of becoming legally available in the US. But access isn’t guaranteed. There’s a struggle playing out right now between pharmaceutical companies, nonprofits, and other entities over who gets to control and profit off the treatment. The outcome will determine whether the people most likely to benefit from psilocybin therapy will even be able to afford it.

Note: Manish Agrawal’s name and title appear incorrectly at 19:19. Manish is the Co-Director of Clinical Research at Maryland Oncology Hematology.

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