Psychedelic Pros And Cons

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When people hear the word psychedelic, they think of the underground drug scene or other negative things commonly associated with the word. People don’t have any clue that psychedelics can actually be used as a medicine in many different ways, and many have proved to be an efficient tool in the right settings and circumstances. Psychedelics like ‘Magic Mushrooms’, LSD, DMT, and MDMA grew notorious in the late 50s and 70s and most of these drugs were being researched at the time until studies came to a halt when Nixon signed the Controlled Substances Act in 1970, which placed these drugs under the Schedule 1 category. Clinical research for these psychedelics on humans needs to be renewed because they are proving to be an effective treatment

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