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LSD
First LSD Study
in 40 Years
Finds
Therapeutic Potential
By: Carl Engelking
Scientific study often opens new doors
of discovery—but sometimes it
reopens doors closed long ago.
On Tuesday, experimental
psychiatrists in Santa Cruz, CA
published results from the first
controlled medical trial of
LSD in over 40 years. The study,
published in Journal of Nervous and
Mental Disease[pdf], found evidence
that LSD, when administered in a
medically-based therapeutic environment,
lowers the anxiety experienced by individuals
facing life-threatening illnesses. Although the sample size—just 12 people—was small, the findings
offer compelling rationale for further s