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Drug Development

Drug companies are investing big in psychedelics, but can they engineer out the trip?

Eliminating hallucinations is key to turning psychedelics into mental health treatments that can be used widely, some say. Others argue that it’s impossible to decouple the mystical experience from the therapeutic effects

by Bethany Halford
March 6, 2022 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 100, Issue 9
Colorful streaks that suggest the hallucinogenic effects of psychedelic compounds burst from the middle one of five test tubes.

Credit: Will Ludwig/C&EN

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