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FDA approval of psychedelics = boom-time for underground usage

Jules Evans · 23 Oct 2026

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  1. Our reading

    There is a general cosiness between the psychedelic lobby and the US federal government.

    Their wordsBut there is a general cosiness to the psychedelic lobby in the US federal government, from the president down, and especially in RFK’s Health and Human Services.

  2. Our reading

    On the evidence, Oregon's legal psilocybin program looks pretty safe.

    Their wordsStill, the Oregon legal psilocybin program looks, on this evidence, to be pretty safe.

  3. Our reading

    Public health initiatives on psychedelics cannot focus only on legal supervised use.

    Their wordsBut one point to take away from Oregon is that public health initiatives can’t just focus on legal supervised usage, because that (in Oregon at least) is only around 2-4% of total use.

  4. Our reading

    The biggest impact of FDA approval of psychedelics will be to boost underground demand.

    Their wordsAnd the same will occur nationally - the biggest impact of FDA approval will be to boost demand in the underground.

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