Innovation

Psychedelics Are Surging—at the Expense of Indigenous Communities

BAD TRIP

A growing new industry around psychedelic therapy is utilizing biopiracy tactics to steal indigenous knowledge of new drugs.

Simon Spichak
Simon Spichak
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Simon Spichak

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