Are you people aware of who Professor David Nutt actually is? Maybe if you were you'd have a completely different view. The reason he is working with the Beckley Foundation is because they are the only rich organisation, or person, who would agree to fund the research. They provide the funding, and he does the research.
if its backed by Amanda fielding......dont bother wasting a cent on it....the research is invalid and will never be published in a de c.f. ent journal
Sorry, but this is a ridiculous comment.
Who is funding the campaign is totally irrelevant. Seeing as it's also using crowdfunding, absolutely
anyone could be funding it, with god knows what secrets in their past, and we wouldn't know any better.
The important aspect is that the research is being conducted by Professor David Nutt. Professor David Nutt was a high ranking UK government advisor who served on the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs. He was sacked from his position after having spoken out against both drug legislation and the widely misrepresented dangers of MDMA. The government tried to silence him, but he continued to speak out and consequently lost his job.
David Nutt is well respected and deservingly so. He sacrificed a comfortable career in parliament because he considered the truth to be more important.
His work has already completed the first ever brain imaging study on MDMA.
http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/news_17-1-2014-11-35-46
http://www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S0006-3223(14)00005-5/abstract
And he's doing the first UK based psychedelic research in about 40 years.
Think of him as like a small UK based MAPS, still in its infancy. That's him.
Funding is sparse, but it's important to get this research out there.
P.s, his previous research has already been published in the Biological Psychiatry Journal.
There are several very legit scientists out there researching psychedelics and publishing in legit journals and funded by the government or legit sources.
Yes, such as Professor David Nutt. Although obviously he won't be receiving any funding from the UK government, due to the fact that they sacked him.
This isn't just some kooky organisation conducting kooky research.The research is conducted by David Nutt. He's well connected, well respected and he's got brilliant
credentials.