Robert Rush
Attorney Robert T. Rush, cannabis, crypto, and psychedelic law lawyer (rrushlaw.com) and founder of the Rights and Reason Project, known for challenging DEA emergency drug scheduling.
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Nov 5, 2026
Joe MooreHOST
Are there any other kinds of things on 7-OH that we should jump into before we jump to other drugs that are
Robert RushGUEST
There's a couple of compounds that are related to it called the pseudoindoxyl and the MGM-15 and 16.
Robert RushGUEST
The section it's under in the Controlled Substances Act is really troubling because it schedules a substance and puts it on schedule one for two years, extendable to three years.
Robert RushGUEST
But the really part that I find chilling about it is that it says specifically during that period there is no judicial review allowed.
28 MINS LATER
Joe MooreHOST
and it it ostensibly could be a really great replacement like improvement on suboxone treatments
EliteHOST
So what would the strongest case be that the DEA could make for scheduling these substances? And what parts of that would you dispute?
Robert RushGUEST
Well, they're going to go with, you know, what they do is they work through an allergy, and they will be like, you know, this is a 5-HT2A receptor agonist.
Robert RushGUEST
They will provide evidence such as, Their favorite one is mouse head twitch, where when you give a psychic elk, supposedly, their heads twitch in a certain way.
Robert RushGUEST
Or if you give it to a rat, they have what's called the wet dog shakes, where they shake like a wet dog does.
18 MINS LATER
EliteHOST
Would it stop development there or just become a lot harder?