The legal status of psychedelic-assisted therapy in the United States is confusing and complicated. Here’s the introduction Is Psychedelic Therapy Legal in the United States? Breakthrough Therapy status has made it easier for some patients to access these MDMA- and psilocybin-assisted therapies through clinical trials—which are currently the only setting in which psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy can be legally administered in the United States. Yet, on the other hand, clinical trials, deprioritization, and limited forms of state-level adult use legalization have forged the first pathways for psychedelic therapy within the country. On the one hand, the “classic psychedelics” (mescaline, LSD, psilocybin, and DMT) are currently illegal at the federal level in the U.S. There are currently no forms of psychedelic-assisted therapies that the U.S. government has legally sanctioned.
Here’s the introduction
Is Psychedelic Therapy Legal in the United States?
The legal status of psychedelic-assisted therapy in the United States is confusing and complicated. On the one hand, the “classic psychedelics” (mescaline, LSD, psilocybin, and DMT) are currently illegal at the federal level in the U.S. There are currently no forms of psychedelic-assisted therapies that the U.S. government has legally sanctioned. Yet, on the other hand, clinical trials, deprioritization, and limited forms of state-level adult use legalization have forged the first pathways for
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