Excusing Psychedelics and Accommodating Psychedelics.

Psychedelics should be held to the same ethical and evidentiary standards as other clinical treatments, rather than being granted exceptional status due to their unique subjective effects. The authors argue against special regulatory or ethical accommodations for psychedelic therapies, emphasizing that they must meet the same rigorous requirements for safety, efficacy, and informed consent as any other medical intervention.

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Abstract

Cheung et al. (2025) rightly argue that psychedelics should be subject to ethical and evidentiary standards consistent with clinical medicine at large, rather than exceptionalism based on their uni...