From the files of Wired Magazine I culled ths particular gem from 2005.
"While the findings don't directly indicate anything about the safety of psychedelic drugs like LSD and mushrooms, they do suggest that at least one hallucinogen is OK to use for months or even years.
"We really weren't able to find any (mental) deficits," said Dr. John Halpern, associate director of substance abuse research at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts, and co-author of the study, released today in the Nov. 4 issue of the journal Biological Psychiatry. Hallucinogenic drugs have long fascinated researchers, who are nowstudying whether they hold the potential to treat mental illnesses like depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder. "
http://www.wired.com/medtech/health/news/2005/11/69477
I had a Medical Professional a while back tell me LSD was safer than coffee, but maybe they meant mescaline instead.
"While the findings don't directly indicate anything about the safety of psychedelic drugs like LSD and mushrooms, they do suggest that at least one hallucinogen is OK to use for months or even years.
"We really weren't able to find any (mental) deficits," said Dr. John Halpern, associate director of substance abuse research at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts, and co-author of the study, released today in the Nov. 4 issue of the journal Biological Psychiatry. Hallucinogenic drugs have long fascinated researchers, who are now
http://www.wired.com/medtech/health/news/2005/11/69477
I had a Medical Professional a while back tell me LSD was safer than coffee, but maybe they meant mescaline instead.
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