Hallucinogens Have Doctors Tuning In Again

[Jimaz]

From The New York Times: Hallucinogens Have Doctors Tuning In Again

As a retired clinical psychologist, Clark Martin was well acquainted with traditional treatments for depression, but his own case seemed untreatable....

Nothing had any lasting effect until, at the age of 65, he had his first psychedelic experience....

Scientists are taking a new look at hallucinogens, which became taboo among regulators after enthusiasts like Timothy Leary promoted them in the 1960s with the slogan “Turn on, tune in, drop out.� Now, using rigorous protocols and safeguards, scientists have won permission to study once again the drugs’ potential for treating mental problems and illuminating the nature of consciousness.

After taking the hallucinogen, Dr. Martin put on an eye mask and headphones, and lay on a couch listening to classical music as he contemplated the universe.

“All of a sudden, everything familiar started evaporating,� he recalled. “Imagine you fall off a boat out in the open ocean, and you turn around, and the boat is gone. And then the water’s gone. And then you’re gone.�

Today, more than a year later, Dr. Martin credits that six-hour experience with helping him overcome his depression and profoundly transforming his relationships with his daughter and friends. He ranks it among the most meaningful events of his life, which makes him a fairly typical member of a growing club of experimental subjects....

♫The times, they are a changin'.♫

[Papasito]

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[Jimaz]

This is kind of related to that weird Terence Mckenna video.

[Gannon]

It's ALL related to the stuff McKenna talks about.

It is his string they made the theory around.

[Jimaz]

"Rarer than corpses in this society are the untreated mad."
-- Terence Mckenna

That's quoting a genius.