Legal status limiting beneficial research...

The use of psychedelics to cure a range of mental problems, ranging from cluster headaches to alcoholism, has been for years controversial due to the potential for recreational abuse.
The FDA really has something to answer for, when perhaps the solution to addiction therapy is stareing them right in the face and they neglect to do anything.
Only until recently have research groups been given permission to test psychedelics as a form of helping people. They were given to late-stage terminal cancer patients, who after their trip were far more accepting of their fate.
LSD, until tim leary set about his trip across america, was leading to be a cure to cluster headaches (as it is derived from the same ergot fungus as current medications).
It also showed low potential for abuse (as it is unaddictive, both physically and mentally) and excellent results in treating alcoholics.
Other such drugs which could be beneficial include mescaline from the peyote cactus, DMT from ayuahusca and something else i cant remember...lol. MDMA could also be a quite effective anti-depressant, but due to suspected brain damage that it causes it has been neglected (which is still quite controvesial).
And to be blunt, I have witnessed the power of LSD, and its anti-addictive effects. My friend has quit 2 addictions from revelations on an acid trip. TWO addicitions, one to alcohol and one to crack.
This is a highly beneficial drug we have here, why are we letting its legal status get in the way of psychiatric advancement.
LSD, if done right, is a highly enjoyable drug to take, no doubt, but does this take away from its potential as anti-addiction wonder-drug????
I wont debate marijuanna as medicinal, as it is a gate-way drug and is a dangerous habit. But the above drugs have very low potential for abuse, yet high potential for curing addiction. Why arent they being used???? Are we satisfied with the highly addicitve methadone as a cure for meth-addiction????

LSD has a low potential for abuse?

Yes verty, lsd is pretty unaddictive...i dont know quite why, but there arent too many people who take lsd excessively, and excessive is more than 3 per year...which is pretty low compared to people who smoke crack 3-4 times a week...or people who smoke 20 cigerettes a day.

And goomba...i personally dont have such a liking to mushrooms...acid is like 100x better.
As for your researching into everything before trying ,thats the way to do it. Anything addictive just say no to, because addicitions are easy to start...
Seriously, the new world is retarded... Americans run a bigger risk from their plague of obecity than they do from people dying from weed-smoking. Why dont they ban mcdonalds and legalise weed? Go figure...i guess its wealth before health?
You americans should be ashamed of your fat assses...serisouly... obecity as an epidemic...you disgust me!!!
With all your 'scientific proof' that its not your fault you eat too much...take your heads outta your asses and wake up!!!

I am reopening this thread on the contigency that drug promotion is not the reason for this topic.

More on LSD> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LSD

Fried piper, I think you owe AMERICANS an appology and in another thread you owe the members here an appology for calling them losers. Since you are a member I find that humorous but non the less against the rules.

lol, k...sorry americans. And whoever i called a loser....
Kinda taking out anger on you...and I shouldnt have.

As long as I do not have a phD in medicine, I will not rule out anything that the educated believe will aid psychological research. Really, most of us shouldn't have an opinion in the matter, especially power hungry politicians.

the thing I find most intriguing is that even research on these drugs were illegal, until recently. Is there any downside at all to just researching the drugs? No, the worst that could happen is that they find out that they dont work and research will end shortly after...perhaps wasted time and money are the only losses. No real harm done in either case. But in the event they do discover it has properties which could benefit the lives of perhaps millions of people who suffer from cluster headaches, alcoholism and opiate addiction, then congratulations to them, Im sure many people will be glad about it.
Benefits are obvious, downsides are non-existant...so whats stopping it??