The Grand Resign

The Grand Resign

Policy + AI

Electric Kool-Aid Policy Test

Some unlikely lawmaking led through the psychedelic policy looking glass (...and convinced me bioethicists are hacks)

Sep 14, 2026
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The Right to Try

It started with a meeting with a young woman.

Her toddler son suffered from a debilitating genetic disorder called Duchenne muscular dystrophy. While extremely rare (about 1 in 4,000 boys), the median life expectancy was around 30 years. A significant improvement from earlier cohorts.

But a promising therapy was in clinical trials.

Then a…

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