Could the medicalization of psychedelics lead to the next generation of antidepressants?
The Biochemist March 28, 2024 Peter J. Duggan, S. Walker 1 citation
A major part of the counterculture that emerged in western societies in the 1960s centred around the use of mind-altering psychedelic drugs such as lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD). Humans had, however, been consuming hallucinogenic substances since prehistoric times and often incorporated them into their religious rituals. Concerns over the effects of potent psychedelics like LSD led to them...