This has been known for decades, since before most of us here were born. My question is, when do we lynch big pharma for suppressing it?
I remember all the studies on Ketamine that were posted to the front page of HN, and then we finally had a proper RCT which showed that, while ketamine was very effective in treating depression, the placebo was equally effective. Essentially it was hope that was resulting in the remission [1].
The thing with trials is chicken and egg. Big pharma ensures certain drugs are illegal and scientists cannot or have limited ways to study them. Some corrupt government departments even only permit studies if they are going to find out that those drugs are bad.
It's quite a dissonance that people pretend they don't see. Like with cannabis. Millions of chronic pain sufferers say it helps them and then you can look at studies, you can cherry-pick plenty that say it's a placebo.
Let's face it. Scientists, politicians are all corrupt and honest ones can easily get cast out or made fall out of the window.
The term you're looking for is defenestrated.
It might not be as clear cut as that: https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/does-anaesthesia-prove-keta...
Who would want to destroy people's lives and community for them doing what they want with their own body?
Except both mainstream political parties of course. Thank first past the post voting for our lack of competition in the electoral system.
The FDA grants forms of exclusivity other than patents which would apply and pharma has developed plenty of ways to modify molecules to repatent them like turning them into salts or hydrides, adding amino acid caps, creating alternative methods of application like nasal sprays, etc. It's actually really easy to do which is what led to the proliferation of "research chemicals" over the last twenty years.
The US government is about power and influence, not chains of command and technical appointments and elections. You should have learned this by now.
Next you'll be telling me that car owners run the DMV.