Psychedelic culture / industry's reaction to RFK's confirmation as HHS Secretary couldn't be more polarised. On the side of industry (ie people on X) there's jubilation. On the side of academia (ie people on Bluesky) there's a sense of doom. I spoke to both sides.
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"So you're constantly seeing journalists
going to Nobel Prize winners,... , because we don't have the authority ourselves. And so I think we're more vulnerable to being manipulated when it comes to #science than most other most other topics." - @michaelpollan.bsky.social
I keep hearing the croaking voice of that dark Beat sage William S. Burroughs: "watch whose money you pick up."
Here's some coverage of his RFK Jr. takes from back when Covid started:
https://www.psymposia.com/magazine/coronavirus-conspiracy-theories-psychedelics/