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		leoh on Nov 10, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Compass Pathways' Phase IIb psilocybin trial shows... One way to do this — and I don’t know why it isn’t done — is to use a general anesthetic and then administer drug/placebo and record effects.

andbberger on Nov 10, 2021 [–]

Not clear that it works when not conscious

leoh on Nov 10, 2021 | [–]

Then run that experiment, too:

Psilocybin + anesthetic

Psilocybin + nothing

Control + anesthetic

Control + nothing

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