When I researched this, I found that proving that molecule XYZ get a person high in a specific way in court involves getting expert witnesses to testify. The opposition then brings in their own expert witnesses, at which point a jury of ordinary people have to decide who to believe between disagreeing experts on the topic of psychopharmacology, which isn’t great.
Sorry, how is it difficult to “prove what a drug does to a person in court”? Is there something I’m missing?
When I researched this, I found that proving that molecule XYZ get a person high in a specific way in court involves getting expert witnesses to testify. The opposition then brings in their own expert witnesses, at which point a jury of ordinary people have to decide who to believe between disagreeing experts on the topic of psychopharmacology, which isn’t great.