“Why are some drugs illegal and some not? How do psychedelics and MDMA affect the brain? How harmful are these drugs? How to treat people with PTSD and depression?The issue of drug use and harm is one of the most compelling challenges of the current era. The so-called “war on drugs” has been fought for over 40 years at great economic social and human costs and has been widely discredited though still ongoing. One less discussed impact of the making of drugs “illegal” under the UN Conventions and national legislation is the hugely negative impact this has had on research and clinical innovation.David Nutt will argue that this impact is…”

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