How Past Stigma and Recreational Use Are Slowing Psychedelic Science

Feb 17, 2021

According to recent research conducted in America that involved 952 individuals, psychedelic researchers who admitted to using psychedelic substances are often viewed by their abstinent counterparts as having less integrity. The study, which was reported in the “Public Understanding of Science” journal, proposes that stereotypes about both psychedelics and the individuals who use them may affect an individual’s view of researchers.

University of Zurich’s Matthias Forstmann, who is the one of the authors of the study, stated that the personal use of these substances by the scientists studying them was a common occurrence, although very few researchers were open about it. He went on to explain that many researchers publicize their association with the psychedelics field, despite knowing next to nothing about how…

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