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LSD – from counterculture to clinical trials

LSD – from counterculture to clinical trials

Summary

LSD, a substance once studied for mental health and later linked to 1960s counterculture and secret government experiments, is now being researched again in scientific labs. Researchers are exploring its potential medical uses once more.

Key Facts

  • LSD was first used in early psychiatric research to study mental health.
  • In the 1960s, LSD became associated with counterculture movements.
  • The CIA secretly studied LSD for mind-control experiments.
  • Interest in LSD decreased for many years after these events.
  • Recently, scientists have restarted clinical trials with LSD.
  • Researchers hope LSD might help treat certain medical conditions.
  • LSD’s return to labs marks a shift from past views to scientific investigation.
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