The topic I have chosen is about LSD. Today’s scientists are trying to find an understanding of this drug. Scientists try to pick up where they left off on this study. They are trying to find possible therapeutic effects of the drug on the intense anxiety experienced by patients with life threaten diseases such as cancer. The patients who received the drug found the experience aided them emotionally, and none experienced panic reactions or other untoward events.
One patient said LSD helped him overcome anxious feelings after being diagnosed with stomach cancer, and the experience with the drug aided his return to his job. This article is a very interesting one I think they could use the drug for medical purposes only. You must regulate how much the patient gets giving them to much will just make them an addict and the reason you gave this drug to them just turned the other way. You should care about this drug because it could really help people during had times of cancer or brain tumors or times of high anxiety over something. So my choice is if they can find a decent use for this drug then they should use it for medical purpose only.
What would you chose about this drug do you think that this drug could help the society today or just give more reason for drug addicts to get more drugs? Do you think this method of therapy will work?
3 Responses to “LSD MINDS?”
I think using LSD as a medication is absolutely ridiculous. Yes it may calm the person’s anxiety however, effects of LSD are unpredictable. While on the high the patient’s blood pressure and heart rate could sky rocket out of control. They could also have dramatic change in mood and behavior and likely do things that they would do when sober. In an article on SteadyHealth.com (http://www.steadyhealth.com/articles/LSD_effects_on_body_and_mind_a552.html) it states “Users may hear horrible sounds, have insanity feelings, and can have even fatal results. ‘Bad trip’ experiences are longer than ‘good trips’, but typically begin to clear after 12 hours. However, in some cases users have psychical signs for months, and most often they end up in mental hospitals”
This is all just the short-term effects of using the drug. There is also a high likely hood of flash back that occur suddenly, with out warning. (http://www.drugfree.org/Portal/Drug_guide/LSD)
There are other treatments for anxiety. Other forms of treatment such as, anti-depressants and Benzodiazepines (http://www.cesar.umd.edu/cesar/drugs/benzos.asp) are much safer.
I don’t think that I approve of giving LSD to patients. You said that it just helps them mentally. It doesn’t actually help the cancer. And why is the drug illegal? Because it is a hallucinogen. It makes you see things that are not really there. And after use, you can have flashbacks that can result in depression or schizophrenia. (http://www.steadyhealth.com/articles/LSD_effects_on_body_and_mind_a552.html) It could be fun to some level, but when crossing the line, there might be no return. So why should these cancer patients get drugs to help them go back to work? Why would they want to live in a non-reality? I think that it’s all in the way you think. I know many people who have cancer and went back to work and led a normal life without LSD. Even when the cancer was deadly they either fought threw it with treatment or came out with an acceptance. I don’t know. I just don’t think that giving out LSD is good. Crazy people in America.
I think that this is a bad idea. I have seen what acid does to people and most of the time they are more wound up and stressed out than they would be without the drug. I think this is just another way for druggies to get their fix from the government. I think marijuana as a medication is a much better alternative if any drug is going to be used to make people feel better.