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Acid Test

On healing and science.

Embarrassment
A Crying Shame

Tom Shroder on November 3, 2014

In a world of hurt, will we really have to wait 15 years for the healing potential of psychedelic medicine to be available to the millions who could benefit?

In a world of hurt, will we really have to wait 15 years for the healing potential of psychedelic medicine to be available to the millions who could benefit?

Addiction
Mother Ibogaine

Tom Shroder on October 9, 2014

New research supports the ability of the psychedelic compound ibogaine, used in traditional healing for thousands of years, to help break the grip of drug addiction. An excerpt from the new book "Acid Test: LSD, Ecstasy, and the Power to Heal" puts the research in the context of a long modern history as well.

New research supports the ability of the psychedelic compound ibogaine, used in traditional healing for thousands of years, to help break the grip of drug addiction. An excerpt from the new book "Acid Test: LSD, Ecstasy, and the Power to Heal" puts the research in the context of a long modern history as well.

Addiction
Addiction: Smoke It Again, Abram, the Postscript

Tom Shroder on September 12, 2014

More details about new research indicate that the psychedelic compound psilocybin could be a revolutionary treatment for tobacco addiction.

More details about new research indicate that the psychedelic compound psilocybin could be a revolutionary treatment for tobacco addiction.

Smoking
Smoke It Again, Abram

Tom Shroder on September 11, 2014

New research indicating that the psychedelic compound psilocybin could be a revolutionary treatment for tobacco addiction echoes little-remembered LSD research from the 1950s.

New research indicating that the psychedelic compound psilocybin could be a revolutionary treatment for tobacco addiction echoes little-remembered LSD research from the 1950s.

Therapy
A New Kind of Acid Test

Tom Shroder on September 6, 2014

Research into the medicinal use of psychedelic drugs, ranging from psilocybin to Ketamine, and from MDMA to LSD, has begun to accelerate. Despite the promising results of early studies, and the urgent need fro better treatment for the half million war vets returning home with debilitating PTSD, a half-century old stigma is slowing progress.

Research into the medicinal use of psychedelic drugs, ranging from psilocybin to Ketamine, and from MDMA to LSD, has begun to accelerate. Despite the promising results of early studies, and the urgent need fro better treatment for the half million war vets returning home with debilitating PTSD, a half-century old stigma is slowing progress.