Empire of the Mind

The Battle for the Future of Psychedelic Medicine

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Empire of the Mind

By: Olivia Goldhill

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Psychedelics are set to transform the medical industry in an explosion of treatments and research poised to generate billions in revenues every year. To many, the expanding options seem life-changing. But to some, the commodification of age-old substances, many of them once freely available in nature, reveals a profound clash of ideologies and motivations.

As pharmaceutical giants and lab researchers lock horns with philanthropists and whistle-blowers, patients find they are caught in the middle. Olivia Goldhill leads us on an urgent investigation into the emerging class of billionaire-backed entrepreneurs, exposing the rising stakes in how we access cures - and at what cost. In this race to turn old magic into new medicine, who will come out on top?©2027 Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (P)2027 Olivia Goldhill

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