Researchers: Time to re-examine LSD as treatment for alcoholism

Neuroscientists at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology have called for research on LSD as a possible treatment for alcoholism to continue.

“There has long been a need for better treatments for addiction,” Teri Krebs and Pål-Ørjan Johansen said after reviewing previous LSD research. “We think it is time to look at the use of psychedelics in treating various conditions.”

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The researchers interviewed 15 wives of men who had received LSD-assisted treatment and compared them to 11 wives of men who had received the same treatment without LSD. For those who received LSD-assisted treatment, “over 60% were rated not only more responsible, truthful, dependable, and less wasting of money, but as more talkative and understanding, less critical of others, less resentful, changeable, or moody, as well as more accepting of themselves.”

Both groups of wives reported that the initial effects of the treatment their husbands received greatly diminished after a period of six months, suggesting that the improvements from both types of therapy were temporary. However, “at the six-month follow-up the LSD husbands still showed a marked advantage over the comparison group husbands,” according to Sarett and her colleagues.

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“But when we combine studies that had sound methodology, the results are unambiguous. We can therefore safely conclude that a single dose of LSD had a positive treatment effect that lasted at least six months.”

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TxRad said:

Do
not
take
the
blue
acid
when
drinking
Budweiser
red.
Everyone
knows
that.
Right?

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Angellica1612 said:

I didn't. Why not? What will happen? I'm curious!

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oggbashan said:

You'll see colours.

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TxRad said:

Are those anything like colors?

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JackLuis said:

"“over 60% were rated not only more responsible, truthful, dependable, and less wasting of money, but as more talkative and understanding, less critical of others, less resentful, changeable, or moody, as well as more accepting of themselves.”

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oggbashan said:

You'll see colours.

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3113 said:

And what colors did you see, Og? Come on, 'fess up. What was your best acid trip like?

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oggbashan said:

Like most politicians, I wouldn't admit to taking acid, if I had. I tried Bud. I didn't, and don't like it.

The 1960s in Swinging London? Unlike many of my contemporaries I remember the 1960s. Perhaps that is because my preferred stimulant was single-malt whisky.

When I couldn't afford single-malt, I bought rough cider by the gallon from a long-gone cider maker in rural Kent. His so-called vintage cider was an illegally distilled version of Calvados.

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