Monday, March 12, 2012

Study: Could LSD treat alcoholism?

Study: LSD could treat alcoholism

The drug could also ease anxiety and chronic pain, new research shows. How it works and other health benefits. In a truly mind-bending acid flashback, a new study reports that LSD could help alcoholics kick their addiction. Based on a new analysis of six randomized controlled trials from the 1960s and 70s, and published in The Journal of Psychopharmacology, researchers from Norwegian University of Science and Technology and Harvard University found that a single dose of the hallucinogen “had a significant beneficial effect on alcohol misuse” for up to 12 months. More

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