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I'm fairly certain it's possible to extract psylocibin from the murshroom, giving the same advantages that the synthetic would have!

Edit0: for a more thorough look: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8247/18/3/380

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that's generally much more expensive

Than RnD for a brand new synthetic drug?

as if that's a guaranteed win. The low hanging fruit was to recreate what is already in nature. Creating something brand new never seen before would be a greenfield project that I'm sure most of bigPharma is not a fan of.

I'm not certain I catch your drift - I'm saying the RnD work they did to synthesize COM360 or whatever it's called is probably more expensive than using known means to synthesize/extract psylocibin (as psylocybin was first synthesized in the 50's)

Sounds to me as if you're now suggesting researching a new way to make a synthetic drug where before I read it as researching a new drug nobody has found yet

I'm not sure what you mean either way!

Have a good one I don't think we are in disagreement

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