LSD for the NHS?

Posted by MindScape at 14:53, 17 Feb 2010

A British charity is stepping up efforts to rehabilitate LSD, one of the world’s best-known “recreational” drugs, for medicinal use.

The Beckley Foundation, which numbers Professor Colin Blakemore, former head of the Medical Research Council, among its scientific advisers, is helping fund and lobby for a series of clinical trials to study the effects of lysergic acid diethylamide on the human brain.

The foundation has helped co-ordinate a network of researchers and supported the recent launch of one Swiss and two US studies, as well as prepare for a clinical trial in Germany and hold discussions about research within Britain.

The action follows years of suspicion by governments towards LSD since its original role in psychotherapy following the second world war was usurped by the counterculture of the 1960s, triggering bans in the US in 1968 and around the world after the 1971 UN Convention on Psychotropic Substances.

Read the full article at http://www.brainwaving.com/2010/02/16/ls...

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where do i volunteer to be a
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Posted by MoRiDiN on 18 Feb 2010 at about 12:09.

where do i volunteer to be a test subject??? hehe....

Counter-culture is no culture at all.
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Posted by Salamandra on 19 Feb 2010 at about 13:47.

This is definitely a step in the right direction. It would be refreshing to see similar changes in the US, though I will not be holding my breath for that one. The only thing regrettable about this article is a brief mention of the so-called counter-culture movement of the '60's. Those of us who are capable of using psychoactive substances responsibly have little in common with the reckless, escapist fantasies of burnt-out hippies. How many people would scoff at the mere mention of LSD or cannabis having medicinal properties simply because the first thing that comes to their mind is a brain dead stoner - an otherwise healthy individual who has smoked himself stupid. It would serve us far better to distance ourselves as much as possible from these 'counter-culture' images.

very interesting Salamandra
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Posted by thefloppy1 on 19 Feb 2010 at about 14:01.

after reading your comment several times I only have one question for you, and please answer honestly.
Q: how old are you?

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Posted by Salamandra on 20 Feb 2010 at about 01:59.

I am 23. Would you also like my sex and location?