I know you all have some good psychedelic evidence :)

[Indecisive]

Hi all! My name is Mallory, and I have a lover
Her name is Lucy, we are very good together

Anyway, I thought this would be the right place to come for some help. You see, I'm writing an essay in my college class about a political issue of sorts, so of course, I chose legalizing psychedelics

If any of you guys have some legitimate websites for finding out information on the pros/cons of making them legal, and the medical and social benefits of psychedelics, it would be fantastic if you could share them

-Mallory

 

[gammagoblin]

Do you know the website http://www.maps.org/? It is an association for the studies of psychedelics and there is some research on potential benefits of psychedelics posted there.

 

[Indecisive]

Oh that website is fantastic It looks all official and what-not, looks like it will give me some great resources
It's surprising that I didn't find this while googling for psychedelic research

Anyone know anymore? I need like 5 or 6 resources for this damn paper

 

[Mescaline]

Well, aside from MAPS, there is also the Heffter Research Institute, which also does research into psychedelic drugs.
http://www.heffter.org/

Furthermore, you will most probably be interested in these articles on the harms and dangers of a lot drugs, which include psychedelics somewhere near the bottom. One is from the UK, the other from the Netherlands (article also being in dutch, but I included it anyway). These provide really strong support for legislation of psychedelics in my opinion:

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And you'll probably also like this article, on the possible anxiolytic effects of endogenous DMT:

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[Mescaline]

And there's more...

Article on the long lasting effects of LSD on "normals". Can give some support for LSD having potential benefits for people:

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Another article, about psychedelics in general potentially enhancing specifically creativity:

[attachment=1:1urxwv9p]Psychedelics & Enhancing Creativity.pdf[/attachment:1urxwv9p]

Then I've got an article on the use of psychedelic therapy in treating alcoholism, although the results are not conclusive, both stating that there might be great potential for it in treating alcoholism but at the same time admitting that it might not be effective at all:

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[Mescaline]

And last but not least, I got one more on the use of MDMA (semi-psychedelic) in treating Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). This study is really very promising (I think it is a MAPS study), showing immense improvement over current treatment methods, and even curing people completely who were immune to any other treatment methods available at the moment. I've brought this study to attention during two courses I've done at uni, and both times the teachers were very interested in and positively surprised about the findings:

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EDIT: By the way, there's a similar topic over here: post-38122.html?f=39

It includes some of the same articles that I added over here, but a lot of other sources as well.
I'm guessing you have enough material to write your paper now.

 

[Indecisive]

Thank you so much Mescaline! These are all great sources, even for the opposing side (which I unfortunately have to present)

Now, if only I could include my own spiritual experiences with LSD and mushrooms as evidence for how fantastic they can be when used properly.

Ah...maybe in a future essay

 

[ophiuchus]

http://www.google.com/search?q=Psychoph ... =firefox-a

on this ^ page: the first link is to download the pdf and i believe the third one will give you an overview. john hopkins, pretty big.

thanks mescaline

oh, and also, check out the psychonaut homepage news topic!

 

[Mescaline]

Nice article you got there, Allusion!
Gonna make it part of my collection, hehe.