60 Minutes - Psychedelics to Treat Addiction?
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I'm very interested in this topic (have been for a long time) and follow the research eagerly. We'll see in a bit longer-term whether it ever becomes a sort of mainstream, strongly regulated and widely available treatment for addictions. I personally think it's always good to keep an open mind to anything potentially helpful, given that there is still so much room and need for more effective treatments.
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I can't help but return to comparisons between a host psychotropics (BigPharma) and LSD. The are ALL drugs.
I've experienced horrendous side effects result anti depressants, Cymbalta making me dangerously suicidal. A very close call. Soon as I stopped the impulse disappeared.
I appreciate however that anti depressants (and other) help a lot of people and would not deny them to anyone if they thought they might help.
Why is LSD any different to any other drug? I think it's political.
Research studies are quickly abandoned if efficacy is not being demonstrated. Costs. Efficacy has been demonstrated so why this black and white thinking?
I've experienced horrendous side effects result anti depressants, Cymbalta making me dangerously suicidal. A very close call. Soon as I stopped the impulse disappeared.
I appreciate however that anti depressants (and other) help a lot of people and would not deny them to anyone if they thought they might help.
Why is LSD any different to any other drug? I think it's political.
Research studies are quickly abandoned if efficacy is not being demonstrated. Costs. Efficacy has been demonstrated so why this black and white thinking?
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