Petrie-Flom Center | Toward Psychedelics Access: Go Faster or Slower?

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Hosted by the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School on Nov. 5, this debate explored the surge of interest in increasing access to psychedelics. What are the law and policy choices that would maximize benefits and minimize risk of harm? Moderated by David Plotz, co-host of the long-running podcast Slate Political Gabfest and CEO of City Cast, the event featured: Matthew “Whiz” Buckley, president, No Fallen Heroes Foundation; founder, Sacred Warrior Fellowship; Navy TOPGUN fighter pilot Holly Fernandez Lynch, associate professor of Medical Ethics and Law, Perelman School of Medicine and Carey Law School, University of Pennsylvania Cat Packer, director of Drug Markets & Legal Regulation, Drug Policy Alliance; Distinguished Cannabis Policy Practitioner in Residence, Ohio State University Drug Enforcement and Policy Center David B. Yaden, Griffiths Professor in Psychedelic Research at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research; principal investigator, The Yaden Lab Read coverage of the event on Harvard Law Today: https://hls.harvard.edu/today/psychedelics-real-risk-or-human-right/