A Public-Health-Based Vision for the Management and Regulation of Psychedelics
Emerson, B., Haden, M., Tupper, K. W.
This policy article (2016) assesses the harms and benefits of psychedelics use in light of contemporary research and provides a public-health-based model for their regulation, which includes governance, supervision, set and setting controls, youth access, supply control, demand limitation, and evaluation.
Abstract
The Health Officers Council of British Columbia has proposed post-prohibition regulatory models for currently illegal drugs based on public health principles, and this article continues this work by proposing a model for the regulation and management of psychedelics. This article outlines recent research on psychedelic substances and the key determinants of benefit and harm from their use. It then describes a public-health-based model for the regulation of psychedelics, which includes governance, supervision, set and setting controls, youth access, supply control, demand limitation, and evaluation.