The impact of drug control on wider research: Psychedelic mushroom exploration
Drug Science Policy and Law 2026 Sam Lasham, Rhys Ponton 1 citation
Laws to control drugs have been progressively introduced since the early twentieth century to reduce non-medical use and drug-associated harm. Restrictions on what are now deemed ‘controlled drugs’ and, in New Zealand, ‘prohibited plants’ unjustly impact both medical care and research. The impact on research has frequently been cited in reference to the use of drugs in clinical research, such...