LSD back in the Lab

anu · Post by **anu** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 5:09 pm

LSD, the drug that launched the psychedelic era and became one of
the resounding symbols of the counterculture movement of the '60s,
is back in the labs.

Nearly 40 years after widespread fear over recreational abuse of LSD
and other hallucinogens forced dozens of scientists to abandon their
work, researchers at a handful of major institutions - including
UCSF and Harvard University - are reigniting studies. Scientists
started looking at less controversial drugs, like ecstasy and magic
mushrooms, in the late 1990s, but LSD studies only began about a
year ago and are still rare.

The study at UCSF, which is being run by a UC Berkeley graduate
student, is looking into the mechanisms of LSD and how it works in
the brain. The hope is that such research might support further
studies into medical applications of LSD - for chronic headaches,
for example - or psychiatric uses.

"Psychedelics are in labs all over the world and there's a lot of
promise," said Rick Doblin, director of the Multidisciplinary
Association for Psychedelic Studies in Santa Cruz. "The situation
with LSD is that because it was the quintessential symbol of the
'60s, it was the last to enter the lab."

Erin Allday
San Francisco Chronicle
Sept. 27

anu · Post by **anu** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 5:51 pm

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anu · Post by **anu** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 6:26 pm

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