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Monday, April 12, 2010

NYT - Hallucinogens Have Doctors Tuning In Again

Maybe that crazy guy with th magic mushrooms was crazy - but he was not depressed...

The New York Times is running a story about the use of psilocybin for treating depression.  The report says that one patient, Dr. Martin, ..."credits that six-hour experience with helping him overcome his depression and profoundly transforming his relationships with his daughter and friends."

Read the complete report here...and hang on man!

3 comments:

  1. “Under the influences of hallucinogens,” Dr. Grob writes, “individuals transcend their primary identification with their bodies and experience ego-free states before the time of their actual physical demise, and return with a new perspective and profound acceptance of the life constant: change.”

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  2. Please take a moment to check out my documentary POWER AND CONTROL:LSD IN THE 60'S. Features new Interview with Ram Dass, Paul Krassner describes his trip with Groucho Marx, I track down an original Member of Tim Leary's Miracle of Good Friday Experiment..who turns out to be the Dean at the Divinity school where Leary recruited his subject...all posted on youtube at this link..plz share on Facebook. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZdz0G4lG6k

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