Sociological investigations of human enhancement drugs: The case of microdosing psychedelics
International Journal of Drug Policy January 28, 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.103099 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Commentary Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | LSD Psilocybin Microdosing |
| Keywords | Phenomenon Narrative Hallucinogen |
| Citations | 17 |
| Key points | Proposes that microdosing psychedelics represents an emerging facet of human enhancement through drugs and identifies directions for sociological study. |
Abstract
Microdosing psychedelics is the regular use of sub-perceptive threshold doses of substances such as lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and psilocybin ('magic') mushrooms. The phenomenon has attracted increasing public and scientific attention in numerous countries in recent years. This commentary looks at microdosing psychedelics as an emerging facet of human enhancement through drugs. After presenting a narrative based on a multidisciplinary body of literature on human enhancement drugs and microdosing, the commentary maps out directions for further sociological studies of the phenomenon as well as outlining the different fields such research can contribute to.