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Rick Doblin was always a true believer who thinks the science is there. That's his whole thing. MDMA therapy was looking like a shoe in until the last days of review.

Either way, I think it's important not to hold psychedelics to any higher standards than the drugs they replace. The article itself cites Matthew perry's death as a warning against ketamine but he bought it illicitly and then drowned after having someone else administer it. Not exactly dropping dead from use.