A Public-Health-Based Vision for the Management and Regulation of Psychedelics.
Mark Haden, Brian Emerson, Kenneth W. Tupper
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 2016 DOI: 10.1080/02791072.2016.1202459 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Keywords | Drug policy Drug regulation Psychedelic Psychoactive Public health |
| Key points | Proposes a public-health-based regulatory model for psychedelics that includes governance, supervision, set and setting controls, youth access, supply control, demand limitation, and evaluation. |
Abstract
The Health Officers Council of British Columbia has proposed post-prohibition regulatory models for currently illegal drugs based on public health principles, and this article continues this work by proposing a model for the regulation and management of psychedelics. This article outlines recent research on psychedelic substances and the key determinants of benefit and harm from their use. It then describes a public-health-based model for the regulation of psychedelics, which includes governance, supervision, set and setting controls, youth access, supply control, demand limitation, and evaluation.