Pt. 2, Psychedelic Ethics: Badly Needed & Sorely Lacking
Who is actually doing something about this?
In Part 1, I examined the long-standing knowledge that psychedelics create windows of heightened vulnerability where the brain becomes malleable to influence, and the disturbing reality that sexual abuse and existential shattering occur at rates the field refuses to adequately address. The neuroscience confirming activity-dependent neural rewiring isn’t new information; what remains inexcusably absent is a response proportionate to that reality.
This follow-up article will discuss who is working on psychedelic ethics and if current efforts are sufficient (spoiler alert: they aren’t).
Before diving in, a note that I'm writing from within a modern Western cultural context. Substances like psilocybin and ayahuasca come from traditions that spent centuries developing different versions of the things we're now scrambling to build: preparation protocols, guidance frameworks, integration practi…
