LSD Research Resumes for Anxiety
September 25th, 2009 |
A GoodTherapy.org News Headline
Most people familiar with the substance LSD probably associate the drug with the psychedelic counter-culture of the 1960’s and 70’s, when recreational use was popular. But the drug and its maker had other hopes for LSD as well, hoping to see it prove useful medically –especially in terms of the mental health field. After several decades of reluctance to return to the scientific study of the substance, researchers in Switzerland and at the University of California have begun conducting and publishing studies on the use of LSD as an aid in feelings of anxiety among the terminally ill. As more scholars and associations turn their attention to clinical uses of the substance, the mental health field may find that this controversial drug holds potential to heal.
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4 comments so far
Sometimes I wonder how these researchers even come up with their theories. I mean who would have ever thought that LSD would be studied for its therapeutic benefits? Who even knew that there were any besides the thousands of hippies who were tripping on it in the 60s and 70s? I do hope that there is some relevancy to come out of the study much as there has been for the medical use of marijuana for AIDS and other terminal patients. It just sometimes seems like they are grasping at straws. But I guess that is how some of the best science is recognized in the long run.
Interesting indeed… because it will bring forth a new medication for mental health problems, but at the same time will offer easy availability of the drug … I just hope they have an additive that will negate its negative effect…
Looks like we are dabbling in dangerous game here!!
LSD in the terminally ill – who exactly people with advanced cancers, heart failure, cirrhosis?