Hallucinogens Research Paper

The irony in the stigmas about hallucinogens is that original purpose for psychedelic substances proves that they were never intended to be used for recreational purposes. Before the United Nations drug conventions of 1961, 1971, and 1988 decided to criminalize and make reform hard to do for these substances. (Costandi, Mo. “A Brief History of Psychedelic Psychiatry) These Hallucinogenic substances were considered to have notable medical value, and hundreds of clinical studies in psychotherapy were researched and preformed. A study done by professor Michael P. Bogenschutz of the University of New Mexico, “There were many studies and considerable clinical use of LSD in the treatment of alcoholism dating to the mid-1950’s” (O’Neill, S. “Psychedelic …show more content…
“Psychedelic Science: Psilocybin shows promise treating cancer). The government has refused to fund research, on universities and institutional projects. The government backed out of any projects, in order to retain any credibility. The government under Nixon’s “War on drugs” administration and the ‘hippie’ opposed counterculture of the 1960’s clashed and created these stigmas on hallucinogens. They share fault for this rapid criminalization and stigmatization of these psychedelic substances.
Despite the fact that stigmas on hallucinogens has cause a rapid downward path on the research that hallucinogens could have, some researchers like Rick Doblin did not give up and with time the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) started to fund and approve a limited amount of research to search for the potential benefits of psychedelic drugs, that had …show more content…
Instead, the patients focused on remaining present in their daily life. Psilocybin-assisted therapy allows patients to come to peace with their anxiety and depression about death by gaining a different perspective through the spiritual state of psilocybin. (Patterson, H, The Stigma on Psychedelics) A test was done using Psilocybin. The test was conducted by Ronald Griffith at John Hopkins University, using psilocybin. He held interviews at the school over the course of 5 years from 2001 to 2006. He found out like most psychedelics, psilocybin was not addictive. One thing that Griffth did not prepare for was how the participants considered taking the substance would be considered one the most important significant and important days of their lives. More than 70 percent of the participants gave a rating to the experience as one of the five most important in days in their lives. An astonishing outcome was that nearly a third rated it their experience in mushrooms as the single most important experience of their lives. . (Hroder. T “Acid Test”: Could psychedelics ease PTSD and depression? Clues from a Johns Hopkins study.) “What I wasn’t prepared for,” Ronald Griffith

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