b'PSYCHEDELICSREGULATORY ENVIRONMENT CHALLENGESA History of Public Attitude Towards Psychedelic DrugsPsychedelicdrugsexistwithinauniquesocial,legal,andhistorical environment, withrootsinthepublicimagination ofa widespread useofrecreationaldrugsinthe1960s.Thiscausedamoralpanic thatinfluencedinternationalguidelinesandledtotheformal implementation of restrictive regulations in individual states, with rare exemptions for the traditional use of whole plants. A drug scheduling system was conceptualized under the United Nations 1971 Convention onPsychotropicSubstancesandusedasthebasisforindividual national laws.'