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LSD: Danger or wonder drug?
Psychedelic drugs don’t fit any of the common
stereotypes – that dangerous equals addictive, or that therapeutic
equals safe. The ultimate psychedelic, whose discoverer is fit and
well at a hundred years old, is LSD. This extraordinary chemical, with
its structural similarity to serotonin, is certainly dangerous, for it
can induce terror and psychotic-like states. It is also therapeutic.
Not only can it induce mystical experiences, but can treat neurosis
and alleviate pain and fear in the terminally ill. We may be wasting a
potential “wonder drug”. Oddly enough, only one or a few trips are
needed for most purposes, and even regular users say that if it were
legal they might use it once or twice a year. So this is the opposite
of an addictive drug. I shall discuss suggestions for ways of
legalising or controlling LSD. For this is a drug that our society
seems incapable of handling wisely.
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