Let& #39;s not forget that the founders of @COMPASSPathway, the company @C_Angermayer is lauding in this tweet, straight up lied to scientists that they were a non-profit before mysteriously switching to being for-profit once they got what they wanted https://twitter.com/C_Angermayer/status/1366904464616140800">https://twitter.com/C_Angerma...
Source (should be free if you haven& #39;t read too many Quartz articles) - https://qz.com/1454785/a-millionaire-couple-is-threatening-to-create-a-magic-mushroom-monopoly/">https://qz.com/1454785/a...
It& #39;s crucial we not let unscrupulous companies like Compass ride the waves of psychedelic optimism and establish corporations that are founded on extractive business models. And don& #39;t be fooled by folks like Angermayer saying this is the only way.
Building new models that avoid the plagues of late-stage capitalism is hard. But it can be done. Read & #39;We Will Call It Pala& #39; by Dave McGaughey, a beautiful web-story about how this could be done. https://hereandnowstudios.com/we-will-call-it-pala">https://hereandnowstudios.com/we-will-c...
See the penultimate class of & #39;Introduction to Psychedelic Science& #39; where Dave @UCBPsychedelics where Dave has an in-depth discussion with UC Berkeley students https://twitter.com/UCBPsychedelics/status/1331033722166996994">https://twitter.com/UCBPsyche...
And finally, @RussellHausfeld of @psymposia has some great articles surveying the current murky corpadelic landscape and why there& #39;s justified cause for worry but also much reason for hope. https://www.psymposia.com/magazine/compass-psychedelic-psilocybin-patents-usona-open-science/">https://www.psymposia.com/magazine/...