[ZED]

Second chances are rare in science. In the Fifties and Sixties, hallucinogenic drugs, such as LSD, were hailed as the magic bullet to everything from alcoholism to migraine. But they became caught in the crossfire of the cultural wars of the times. Western politicians banned the use of psychedelics in research once they started to be used recreationally and became associated with flower-power and the counter culture. The drugs were dangerous; the science was flawed; the researchers biased.But a comeback has been under way for more than a decade. A new generation of researchers say that psychedelic drugs can treat conditions such as addiction, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder and a type of headache called cluster headache.Do you think these methods of medication should be looked into again further ?

[Alex R]

Sure why not. Just because drugs were deemed unsuitable once, doesnt mean that they wont be suitable again using more advanced development techniques

[tweeone]

At small doses, that stuff can knock you into next year man! So yeah a medicinal dose not a mind busting trip. Else long term consequences will ensue. You for real? Got a link pls?

[green chik]

Of course. The problem is the environment of the experiment is such an important element. The drug cannot be successful when the experience goes"bad."A laboratory does not sound like a good place to trip if you ask me, although for some people it might be the right place for healing from the issues you mentioned above, I don't know.My guess is that studies that would eventually need to be done for any kind of validity in the field of science would need to be done in clinical circumstances and would not succeed very often.I'm sure its possible that scientists could be studying them in more life-appropriate circumstances and find they are very effective but that doesn't mean they'll ever be recognized as successful by the medical industry.

[cassandras_evil_sister1]

updates are made all the time in how we learn, so we can know more now by using todays methods than we would 20 yrs ago.