The unsubstansiated hype and hubris continues.

When people become sick, any promise of a cure is beguiling. Common sense and the demand for evidence are easily supplanted by false hope. In this vulnerable state, the need for critical appraisal of treatment options is more—rather than less—necessary. - Barry Beyerstein

Hamilton Morris, in a podcast full of lies, mostly about me: "If you're so afraid of mentally ill vets coming to kill you, probably a good way to begin would be to not interfere with mental health treatment for veterans." Lykos co-PI Casey Paleos, laughing out loud: "Right!!"

differnt typa faucet I alerted FDA to problems w/ the research, which protected trauma victims from being shunted into a pseudoscientific therapy w/ no safety net when things go wrong. I've been supporting people who were harmed, which means I'm cleaning up Lykos' mess. Trauma victims deserve better.

As context from June 4: "This was psychedelic humanities." x.com/NeseLSD/status…

"Psychedelic Therapist Sexual Misconduct and Other Adverse Experiences Among a Sample of Naturalistic Psychedelic Users", led by first author Dan Kruger, is out today in Psychedelic Medicine liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/ps…

I've finally read the English translation of the report from the Dutch state commission on MDMA. Chapter 5 on MDMA-assisted psychotherapy is of conspicuous low quality. Completely devoid of any critical appraisal of the evidence. Reads like a commercial pamphlet.