Psychedelic drugs should be legally reclassified so that researchers can investigate their therapeutic potential

@article{Rucker2015PsychedelicDS,
  title={Psychedelic drugs should be legally reclassified so that researchers can investigate their therapeutic potential},
  author={J. Rucker},
  journal={BMJ : British Medical Journal},
  year={2015},
  volume={350}
}
  • J. Rucker
  • Published 2015
  • Medicine
  • BMJ : British Medical Journal
Trials of physiologically safe and non-addictive drugs such as LSD are almost impossible, writes James J H Rucker, calling on the authorities to downgrade their unnecessarily restrictive class A, schedule 1 classification 
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