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Journal of Medical Ethics

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Research abuses against people of colour and other vulnerable groups in early psychedelic research

This review of early psychedelic studies (the 50s-70s, s=48) finds that most (77%) would not pass ethical review today. The errors made in early research were extensive dosing, lack of consent, inadequate setting, and lack of scientific hypotheses. The authors make restorative justice and cultural competency suggestions.

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Journal of Medical Ethics
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Strauss, D., de la Salle, S., Sloshower, J. A., Williams, M. T.
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Ethics and ego dissolution: the case of psilocybin

The paper argues that psilocybin’s characteristic effects—ego dissolution, feelings of unity and ineffability, and attendant lasting personality and worldview changes—create novel ethical risks that standard psychiatric consent procedures may not adequately address. It therefore proposes an enhanced informed consent process with specific discussion prompts, responds to likely objections, and outlines ethical issues for integrating psychedelics into mainstream clinical psychiatry.

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Journal of Medical Ethics
Authors
Smith, W. R., Sisti, D.

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2
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93
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Publisher
BMJ
Country
United Kingdom
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