Gov. Gavin Newsom will decide whether to let Californians possess limited amounts of psychedelic mushrooms, DMT and peyote under a bill lawmakers passed Thursday.
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The measure is opposed by many law enforcement groups, including the California District Attorneys Association and the California State Sheriffs’ Association, who argue supporters’ claims of medical benefits from psychedelics haven’t been adequately studied.
Your local sheriff - a noted reader of medical papers.
I remember these from covid. I always like to ask questions like “Do you have specific concerns relating to the study design or the statistical analyses of these papers?” and “What specific additional studies do you think should be done to answer what you believe to be the outstanding questions?”
They’re just saying words they think will work like appealing to a science they don’t understand is a magical incantation that will make everyone agree with them.