Are Hallucinogenic Drugs Making a Comeback in Modern Medicine?
experiences. While LSD was only recently discovered by Dr. Albert Hofmann in 1943, psychedelic mushrooms and mescaline have been used for thousands of years by indigenous peoples for therapeutic and spiritual purposes. Now, researchers and doctors are again taking an active interest in studying psychedelic substances such as psilocybin and LSD for the treatment of a wide range of behavioral and mental diseases, including schizophrenia, alcohol and drug addiction, headaches (1), and depression as a result of cancer (2). After administering controlled amounts of these hallucinogenic drugs, scientists log patient reactions in order to determine if their experiences can prove beneficial for patient health and well-being. In many cases, patients report mystical experiences akin to those of religious mystics and monks (3). Many more patients report feelings of calm, peace, and universal cognition. In several instances, research subjects who take psychedelic substances report that the experie
