2024 can happen for MDMA, though. MAPS has completed (I believe) Phase 3B for comparing PTSD.
It’s happening, but slowly. I fully expect these wonderful molecules to be widely available in clinical settings within 5 years, including LSD and ibogaine (which seems particularly promising for addiction treatment)
https://www.vice.com/en/article/7k9pmz/acid-lsd-fuelled-murd...
How about the thousands who don’t commit violent crimes as a result of taking these drugs [1]? Sorta like the clothesline paradox [2].
0. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_picking#:~:text=Cherr....
1. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-021-01336-3
2. https://www.oreilly.com/radar/the-clothesline-paradox-and-th...
Did you hear about life itself? Leading cause of death.
Addiction is so rare that the American Medical Association, FDA, and even the DEA itself opposed scheduling anabolic steroids, because of the lack of evidence that steroid use resulted in dependence[0]. This is why it simply doesn't belong on the controlled substance schedules.
There's a lot of post-hoc justification and propaganda about it now that it's illegal. But the evidence doesn't support this propaganda. It is fairly effective at convincing a non-trivial amount of the population though.
0: https://healthlaw.org/increasing-access-to-testosterone-to-i....