Posted by pat123 on March 21, 2001, at 20:51:04
In reply to Re: Scientists test hallucinogens for depression, posted by MSM on March 21, 2001, at 13:26:44
> I too believe that controlled scientific studies would be difficult to carry out, dificult to document and dificult to interperet. So much depends on the individual taking the drug.
> The experience seems to be as different as the individual.
>have you ever read a study on drugs ? As i mentioned before, www.maps.org , if you would like to check real life methodology. Intresting stuff going on with OCD and psycilibin (sp?). It has been reported that psycilibin halts OCD behaviors and the obsesive thoughts, many patients have reported this. The behaviors can be observed and the thoughts are self reported, I do not see how cause and effect could not be more clear. the behaviors and thoughts are either there or not.
This could lead to 2 possibilities, if you don't take the "war on drugs" stance that all drugs are bad. 1) Study what really happenes that causes the OCD to stop, isolate, and see if the new agent is psychedelic. 2) Test to see what the threshhold is, perhaps it is below the level that causes visions. 3) Studying something that is well reported to totally halt OCD can only lead to better understanding of the biochemistry of OCD. Why throw away something that, at least for a short time, is far more effective than anything we have and that works through systems not researched ?
Pat
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