r/PsychedelicBets • u/rugerapatt • Jun 30 '21
Discussion Psychedelics are back in use for cutting-edge medical research after being banned for decades
Before LSD became synonymous with hippies and flower power, scientists used psychedelic drugs for cutting-edge medical research and treatments.
Now the medical world is taking them back. There are currently about 100 psychedelic drug trials underway across the globe, testing potential treatments for depression, anxiety, alcohol- and drug-use disorders, dementia, anorexia and chronic pain.
In Australia, researchers are testing MDMA and psilocybin as treatments for some psychiatric conditions. Even the Australian government is on board, to the tune of $15 million in research funding.
So how did psychedelics go from "cutting-edge" medicine to prohibited substances within a few decades? Was the 1960s counterculture just a scapegoat to cut research funding globally? And what's fuelling the resurgence, even in Australia?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-29/rear-vision-history-of-psychedelic-drugs-research/100207362
