He could’ve said denying people access to publicly funded healthcare. There, done, next
Problem with Nutt et al is in order to trial pvt access to cannabis scripts, Drug Science essentially flopped the entire scheme into a labyrinth of pvt clinics, pvt pharmacies and pvt pharmaceutical brands supporting the supply chain the whole way through. Create an evidence base = yes, create a pyramid sales scheme = no
The scheme was supposed to undercut the illicit market in price. It didn’t, it merely matched it. Farcical, eg signing up as a patient to a specific clinic restricts said patient to that clinic’s formularies in the broader spreadsheet of options available. Why? Wouldn’t a clinician want the best formulations for their patients? Ridiculous
No-one really sussed this from the start, so it’s become compartmentalised and ethics around access and price, the two main driving factors in the debate’s foundational structure, have been shitcanned. £393 a month for a flower and oil script? Who wants to pay such fees? Your mortgage gone up by 400£ a month and this on top, or folks severely ill stuck on benefits, where are they supposed to go?
All of the neuroscience “experts” who straddle brain function and specific psychedelic compounds are increasingly beholden to the pocket of the pharmaceutical industry - funding, grants, salaries, pensions, could add fleet cars too possibly. If medical cannabis has gone so awry, what the fuck will the psychedelic model look like? Boots ads halfway through?
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