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‘Hitting Highs at Rock Bottom’: LSD Treatment for Alcoholism, 1950–1970

Erika Dyck

Social History of Medicine July 17, 2006 DOI: 10.1093/shm/hkl039 (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics Historical analysis Peer reviewed
Intervention LSD
Dose single high dose
Topics LSD
Keywords Geochemistry
Citations 87
Key points Argues that promising clinical research on LSD treatment for alcoholism was abandoned due to cultural shifts and the drug's association with counterculture, not due to lack of scientific evidence.

Abstract

Journal Article ‘Hitting Highs at Rock Bottom’: LSD Treatment for Alcoholism, 1950–1970 Get access Erika Dyck Erika Dyck * *Department of History and Classics/Division of Studies for Medical Education, 2–2 Tory Building , University of Alberta , Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2H4 , Canada . E-mail: Erika.dyck@ualberta.ca Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social History of Medicine, Volume 19, Issue 2, August 2006, Pages 313–329, https://doi.org/10.1093/shm/hkl039 Published: 01 August 2006