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Turn On, Tune In, Get Better: Psychedelic Drugs Hold Medical Promise
Thursday, September 4, 2014 6:56
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Almost immediately after Albert Hofmann discovered the hallucinogenic properties of LSD in the 1940s, research on psychedelic drugs took off. These consciousness-altering drugs showed promise for treating anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and addiction, but increasing government conservatism caused a research blackout that lasted decades. Lately, however, there has been a resurgence of interest in psychedelics as possible therapeutic agents. This past spring Swiss researchers published results from the first drug trial involving LSD in more than 40 years.
Source: http://philosophers-stone.co.uk/wordpress/2014/09/turn-on-tune-in-get-better-psychedelic-drugs-hold-medical-promise/
