I’ve been a psychedelic chemist focusing on novel phenethylamines and indoles for over 30 years here in Canada. And also a proud monthly sponsor of MAPS, doubling my donation each year. In the past and present, Big Pharma has lobbied and won in hiding absolute cures for depression, non-opiate pain medication, treatments for trauma, bipolar and every other mood disorder. They have them put in schedule iii of Canada’s Food & Drug Laws where we (scientists) are not even allowed to work with the inert starting materials such as 2-CH! How is it that a compound that does not affect the human body ends up in schedule iii? Because it’s the starting point to a massive number of compounds that would wipe out billions in sales of Xanax, benzo’s, opiates and other addictive band-aid drugs that have you hooked for life. I believe in cognitive liberty and a government that tells me that I can put alcohol ( Poison and solvent or gasoline) or nicotine (highly addictive) in my body. Still, not a self-regulating, non-toxic hallucinogen like DMT (found naturally in our bodies) has caused more harm to society than good. I will fight to the end to have people punished for their behaviours on their drugs of choice, not simply because they choose to hold or possess a harmless compound of extreme medical benefit. I believe this to be a significant flaw in our society and one that, if not changed soon, will cause more chaos than you can imagine. I dream of a day where a person can choose what they wish to ingest or not. Any less is just a form of brainwashing society as a whole.
May we succeed in legalizing MDMA and cause a significant revolution in the minds of the youth, who will then change these absurd laws that prevent companies from curing an individual.
My love goes out to all who are suffering when the cure is right in front of them, yet they are not allowed legally to touch it.
