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Hastening Death by Stopping Eating and Drinking: Hope Wechkin, Thaddeus Pope, & Josh Briscoe

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And the goal, even with comfort feeding only, and what was a revelation to me is it was introduced back in 2010 as a response to the recognition that tube feeding was fraught with problems, you know, caused decubitus ulcers, didn’t extend life. Who do you give informed consent to? Past self or current self?

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Analysis of U.S. Food and Drug Administration Draft Guidance on Clinical Trials with Psychedelic Drugs

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FDA notes that “typical” animal toxicology testing may not be necessary where there is already “extensive human exposure and information are available from previously conducted clinical studies and no serious safety concerns were identified.”