Reblogging this in case you didn’t see it because of the Tumblr outage.
Turn on, tune in and get better? Hallucinogens and other street drugs are increasingly being studied for legitimate therapeutic uses, such as helping patients deal with post-traumatic stress disorder, addiction, chronic pain, depression and even terminal illness.
A drug can’t be dismissed because of a dangerous reputation or colorful history, Bedi said, if trials demonstrate that it is safe and can benefit patients.
Photo: UCLA psychiatrist Charles Grob led a team that found psilocybin improved the mood of patients with “existential anxiety” related to advanced-stage cancer. Credit: Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times
existential anxiety are the key words here.
(Source: Los Angeles Times)
When I think of all the right-wing fuckheads who would deny dying people a chance to improve their mood, this very...
so thats how they roll at UCLA? that prof. looks high lol
existential anxiety are the key words here.
case you didn’t see it because of the Tumblr outage.