Knowledge & advancement of medical research are one of the many victims of the War on Drugs. In the 1940s, they began realizing the ability for psychedelics to treat addiction & other disorders. Scientists are challenging the irrational classification of them as schedule I, said to have no medical use and potential for addiction. “No evidence indicates that psychedelics are habit forming; little evidence indicates that they are harmful in controlled settings & much historical evidence shows that they could have use in common psychiatric disorders,” says James Rucker, Institute of Psychiatry. Eminent schools of medicine, along with organizations like the Heffter Research Institute and the Beckley Foundation, are challenging oppression and bringing psychedelics back into mainstream medicine.
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