Despite numerous older studies showing that psychedelics have positive effects in a number of medical cases, there is a very big "anti-psychedelics" climate in the US right now, making it harder to go further with the existing research.
Not a troll and no expound was not the right word. The OP has admitted as much.
"Making it hard to explain and present existing research"
Why would the current climate make it hard to explain or talk about past research? The OP wanted to convey that the current climate makes it hard to move forward with the research and undertake new studies. When you expound on something you are not conducting new studies and moving forward.
Actually, in many circles it is often still taboo to speak positively of any currently illegal drugs. That includes mentioning research studies that found benefits to these drugs. People's careers can be affected if some people with anti-drug prejudices or an excessive concern with seeming "respectable" think you are advocating the use of currently illegal drugs.
In the USA you can't even do any medical research on some substances, like Cannabis, because they're classified as schedule 1. Apparently psilocybin is also a schedule 1 substance [1]. I don't have any words to articulate this mind-boggling stupidity.
