You're thinking of a blind study, strictly speaking a placebo is simply any phar...

		homonculus1 on Nov 27, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Psilocybin for major depression granted Breakthrou... You're thinking of a blind study, strictly speaking a placebo is simply any pharmaceutically inert substance. You can take a placebo knowingly and in fact knowing that it's not medicine doesn't stop you from getting the benefits of the placebo effect.