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D F Duncan

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Psychedelic Drugs in Correctional Treatment

Crime & Delinquency July 1, 1972 D F Duncan 1 citation

Psychedelic drugs have been used for individual psychotherapy in prison settings. This paper outlines two studies that explore the use of psychedelic drugs in correction. In 1961 Timothy Leary and Walter Houston Clark administered psilocybin to thirty-three prisoners at the Massachusetts Correctional Insti tution. This program seemed to have positive effects on the inmate-subjects. William H....