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National Geographic puts LSD under the microscope

Published on March 21st, 2010

That's enough acid to send an army insane!

National Geographic‘s ‘Explorer’ series are examining the myths and effects of LSD:

LSDs inventor Albert Hofmann called it “medicine for the soul.” The Beatles wrote songs about it. Secret military mind control experiments exploited its hallucinogenic powers. Outlawed in 1966, LSD became a street drug and developed a reputation as the dangerous toy of the counterculture, capable of inspiring either moments of genius, or a descent into madness. Now science is taking a fresh look at LSD, including the first human trials in over 35 years. Using enhanced brain imaging, non-hallucinogenic versions of the drug and information from an underground network of test subjects who suffer from an agonizing condition for which there is no cure, researchers are finding that this “trippy” drug could become the pharmaceutical of the future. Can it enhance our brain power, expand our creativity and cure disease? To find out, Explorer puts LSD under the microscope.

(via: National Geographic)

May 1, 2008 -- Albert Hoffman the creator of LSD dies aged 102!

Comments

Posted by moonchief on March 23rd, 2010, 12:20 [Reply]
Ken,

Sorry this comment doesnt apply to your post, but everytime I try to log into your forum – I get directed straight to the WordPress dashboard. Also i tried to email you through the mailto:, but your email wasnt atteched to it. Did you know Mark Pilkington of Strange Attractor is looking to do some radio shows to promote his book in July? A possible guest for the future?

Love the show by the way – downloaded the podcasts ages ago – but have only just started listening and they are great.
Posted by Ken on March 23rd, 2010, 23:45 [Reply]
Hey man.

You need to register on te wordpress side. Once that is done you are auto-registered on the forum … snazzy stuff

Thanks for the kind words, new ep up tomorrow actually
Posted by Moonchief on March 24th, 2010, 13:09 [Reply]
Hey Ken, i finally got sorted with it, no thanks to my laughable computer skills.

On the subject of LSD, its amazing how these come around again. Its amazing how much vilification Timothy Leary recieved, who tried in vain to make it (initially) a controlled substance, and to see how important and influential his initial research was.

I came across this article a year ago or so:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/aug/12/medicalresearch.drugs

They do put the boot in on Leary towards the end, even if the scientist involved adheres to Set, Dosage and Setting rule that Leary devised.
Posted by LarryW on June 10th, 2010, 16:07 [Reply]
Nice video, but I all ways thought that LSD is different substance not in liquid.
Posted by Ben on September 20th, 2010, 20:14 [Reply]
In response to Larry, yes it is true that pure LSD is an off-white powder, but the active dose is so small that in order to measure out accurate doses it is almost always necessary to dilute in water.