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blj-2305	Karoll, Leora	The Psychedelic Surge and its Threats to Native American Communities	2024	29	.pdf	application/pdf	7613	318	38	Even more pressing is the threat of biopiracy, the act of taking knowledge and genetic resources from Indigenous communities without consent or compensation.624 Companies and individuals have historically used United States patent law to gain the sole right to produce and distribute medical plants that have long been part of the Traditional Knowledge of Indigenous people. 625 Brian S. Barnett, Sloane E. Parker, and Jeremy Weleff, “United States National Institutes of Health Grant Funding for Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Clinical Trials from 2006–2020,” International Journal of Drug Policy 99 (January 2022): 103473, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34624734/. 169 Brandeis University Law Journal 2023-2024, Volume 11 received a federal grant of nearly $4 million to research the impacts of psilocybin630 on tobacco addiction in 2021.631 A breakthrough study by Johns Hopkins (2022) found that psilocybin relieved symptoms of major depressive disorder for up to a month in adults, and a follow-up study proved that benefits lasted up to a year for some participants.632 In 2010, the Journal of Psychopharmacology found that 83 percent of formerly treatment-resistant patients who underwent two MDMA treatments were cured of PTSD.633 A long-term follow-up study found the positive results to be stable for 3.5 years.634 In response to the promising results of these studies, the United States Congress unanimously passed an amendment to the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill in 2023 to encourage the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to utilize federal funding for research of psychedelic therapies to help treat veterans suffering from PTSD.635 A growing proportion of Americans report using psychedelic drugs, and 53 percent of users say they used it therapeutically.636 Fifty-six percent of United States voters also express support for federal regulators to approve the use of psychedelics for prescription use, 636 Ho, “Voters Support Therapeutic Use.” 635 Congressman Correa “Applaud House-Passing Amendment.” 634 Krediet et al., “Psychedelics Treatment of PTSD,” 385–400.	cache/blj-2305.pdf	txt/blj-2305.txt