Psychedelics Are Ready for a Comeback by Abby Haglage | The Daily Beast In a plethora of studies from the 1950s, researchers found the drug, and other psychedelics in its family, to be successful in treating victims of psychosomatic illnesses ranging from depression to addiction...But with the widespread recreational use of LSD beginning the 1960s, came both fear from both the general public and the government. After 1970 (when LSD was put on the schedule 1 substance list) it wasnt technically illegal to do research with psychedelics but rather virtually impossible, given the professional and regulatory hurdles... Nowhere are the negative effects of psychedelics fate more pronounced than in the story of America’s veterans. Of the many illnesses for which the psychedelic-assisted therapy showed promise, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder was one of the most profound. An estimated 500,000 Iraq-Afghanistan military veterans are suffering from PTSD, an excruciating illness that is believed to fuel the estimated 20 suicides that result from that demographic per day. In FDA sanctioned studies using MDMA-assisted therapy to treat veterans with PTSD, the success rate has been astounding. Why has no one noticed? In a book out September 9 called Acid Test, author Tom Shroder follows one veteran named Nick on his journey to face the evil visions that haunted him long after fighting in the Middle East. The author spoke with The Daily Beast about his research... Read the full story here: thedailybeast/articles/2014/09/08/lsd-is-ready-for-a-comeback.html h/t @Wonder_Fanatic
Posted on: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 21:34:48 +0000