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July 30, 2024

Psychedelic Therapy Scrutinized by FDA Advisory Committee?

Author Affiliations
  • 1Florida State University College of Law, Tallahassee
  • 2Project on Psychedelics Law and Regulation (POPLAR), Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts
JAMA. 2024;332(12):963-964. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.13370

On June 4, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held a meeting of its Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee. The FDA maintains 50 independent committees focused on different fields. Although not required to, it convenes these expert panels when facing difficult decisions.1 In this case, the subject was 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), a Schedule I controlled substance, which shows promise for treating posttraumatic stress disorder.

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