Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia

A review of common psychedelic drugs

Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia November 19, 2020 S Mayet 3 citations

Psychedelic substances have traditionally been used in medicine and religious rituals. Their use dates back thousands of years with fossil evidence as old as 10 000 years. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s psychedelics were used in clinical studies. These drugs then saw widespread use in hippie culture and were viewed as a drug of abuse with no medicinal value. Currently, psychedelics are being...