Highlights
- This is the first trial with microdosed LSD administered at home to treat depression.
- Microdosed LSD was well-tolerated, with no serious or severe adverse effects.
- There was a pronounced, long-lasting reduction in depression severity across the intervention period.
- This is the first trial with echocardiography after repeated exposure to a psychedelic.
- There is no indication of induced valvulopathy after 16 microdoses of LSD.
I personally know many friends, relatives and acquaintances who were destroyed by alcohol, but none who were harmed by psychedelics unless alcohol was also involved.
LSD is not a panacea but it can be helpful to many people, including helping alcoholics get off that terrible poison.
Buddhists should recognize that the Fifth Precept for lay Buddhists restricts alcohol and alcohol only.
I am not trying to promote the use of psychedelics but rather want to clear the air on their genuine and provable value.
Of course, when used, they should be used wisely or in micro-doses as in the above trial. ABN
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