As far as I'm aware, there isn't really anyone strongly against it, there just aren't enough (wealthy) people who are strongly supporting it.
The main barrier by far is funding, which my understanding is mostly comes from large (6-7 figure) funders.
So, some "opposition":
- Apathy
- Desire to not spend money / pass on majority of wealth to future generations
- Lack of knowledge
- Belief that donating to MDMA/psilocybin research isn't an effective way to donate money
I think the biggest one is just wealthy people, understandably, are hesitant to donate their money. Logically it seems many of them understand that they won't be able to spend through it all and will still have substantial resources for future generations, but emotionally I imagine it would be hard to cut a $5 million check to a non-profit.
I don't think it's a lack of billionaires aware of MDMA - there should be more than enough billionaires from the burning man crowd alone.
The main barrier by far is funding, which my understanding is mostly comes from large (6-7 figure) funders.
So, some "opposition":
- Apathy
- Desire to not spend money / pass on majority of wealth to future generations
- Lack of knowledge
- Belief that donating to MDMA/psilocybin research isn't an effective way to donate money
I think the biggest one is just wealthy people, understandably, are hesitant to donate their money. Logically it seems many of them understand that they won't be able to spend through it all and will still have substantial resources for future generations, but emotionally I imagine it would be hard to cut a $5 million check to a non-profit.
I don't think it's a lack of billionaires aware of MDMA - there should be more than enough billionaires from the burning man crowd alone.