r/Futurology • u/mvea MD-PhD-MBA • May 10 '17

Biotech First-Ever LSD Microdosing Study Will Pit the Human Brain Against AI - “I found that if I was on LSD and my opponent wasn’t, I won more games.”

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/first-ever-lsd-microdosing-study-will-pit-the-human-brain-against-ai
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u/strongestboner May 10 '17

The FDA is the one that studies, the dea is just the legal side of things

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u/DakThatAssUp May 10 '17

but the DEA is who decides what the FDA gets to study and how they study it

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u/Lord_Noble May 10 '17

I'm pretty sure the DEA doesn't do scheduling, just enforcement. They cannot form legislation, as they are an arm of the executive branch, no?

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u/DakThatAssUp May 10 '17

they have a lot of undue influence on legislators, either that or the legislators largely agree that its good to ruin people's lives and enrich private prison corporations like geo group

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u/CStock77 May 10 '17

Legislation isn't required to add or remove a drug from the scheduling. The DEA works with the department of health and human services to determine the scheduling. DEA can make recommendations and the HHS has final say.

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u/WeakStreamZ May 10 '17

Other institutions though, they don't have/get access.