Acid Test
by Tom Shroder · first published 2014
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It's no secret that psychedelic drugs have the ability to cast light on the miraculous reality hidden within our psyche. Almost immediately after the discovery of LSD less than a hundred years ago, psychedelics began to play a crucial role in the quest to understand the link between mind and matter. With an uncanny ability to reveal the mind's frontiers and the unmapped areas of human consciousness, LSD and MDMA (better known as Ecstasy) have proven extraordinarily effective in treating anxiety disorders such as PTSD - yet the drugs remain illegal for millions of people who might benefit from
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I just finished the book Acid Test (http://www.amazon.com/Acid-Test-Ecstasy-Power-Heal/dp/039916...). The stories about the progress that the lucky individuals, who have been part of MDMA therapy studies for PTSD, have made; combined with…
on “Suicide has surpassed war as the leading cause of US military deaths” ↗If anyone on Hacker News would like a crash course on the history and potential of psychedelic substances - I cannot recommend the book Acid Test by Tom Shroder more highly. Or, for a shorter view, the article Trip Treatment by Michael Pollan: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/02/09/trip-treatment
on “I was in the MAPS MDMA for PTSD study” ↗…productive/creative than 2cb at subthreshold doses, but people often experience a much better "therapy trip" on high dose 2cb. Some great books are: The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide- James Fadiman Acid Test - LSD, Ecstasy, and the Power to Heal - Tom Shroder Sacred Knowledge - Psychedelics and Religious Experiences - William Richards
on “Compass Pathways has set itself up to be the first legal provider of psilocybin” ↗I just finished reading "Acid Test: LSD, Ecstasy, and the Power to Heal" by Tom Shroder. It was parallel tour of the history of influential people (primarily Rick Doblin of MAPS), and a Iraq veteran suffering from PTSD that was treated…
on “Psychedelics Could Trigger A 'Paradigm Shift' In Mental Health Care” ↗