Ethics & human research

Researchers' Experiences with IRB Oversight of Psychedelic Research.

Ethics & human research 2026 Logan Neitzke-Spruill, Jill Oliver Robinson, Alison B. Purcell et al.

Previous research raises concern that conservative institutional review board (IRB) approaches regarding stigmatized issues and vulnerable groups could similarly arise as an impediment to research with psychedelic drugs. We interviewed 20 US researchers who had been a principal investigator on at least one research protocol involving psychedelics about their experiences with IRB oversight and...