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In older, placebo-controlled psychedelic studies, were people allowed to smoke?

trauma | Etymology of trauma by etymonline "physical wound," medical Latin, from Greek trauma "a wound, a hurt; a defeat," from PIE… See origin and meaning of trauma.

Apparently William James first used or popularized the concept of trauma as psychic www.etymonline.com/word/trauma

I heard similar things separately so do find those details believable

Safety and Efficacy of Repeated Low-Dose LSD for ADHD Treatment in Adults This double-blind, placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial determines the safety and efficacy of repeated low doses of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) in reducing attention-deficit/hyperactivity...

Another null result psychedelic trial. This time looking at LSD microdosing for ADHD. Most interesting is the detail showing most subjects in LSD group correctly guessed they got the psychedelic. BUT their benefits still mostly matched the placebo group.

I agree that stuff is rife in the underground

I understand Grof believes these things. That's quite a far cry though from paranormal beliefs being central to much of psychedelic therapy.

Yes, I've read Grof. I still wouldn't agree with the characterization that much of psychedelic therapy relies on paranormal beliefs

Ok I've listened to Doblin's words you've cited. Here's what he says right after. This is not really consistent with paranormal beliefs being central to psychedelic therapy, which is an extraordinary claim

What does "much of" mean here?

❓ How much do psychedelic guides influence people's hashtag psychedelic experiences in clinical trials?

📢 Next Friday at ISRP (www.isrpsych.org), I'll present some exciting work on the impacts of guides/therapists on people's psychedelic subjective effects.

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This is, as far as I'm aware, the first public admission of the contents of FDA's letter

English #etymology of the day: serendipity, from Persian سرندیپ sarandīp 'Ceylon/Sri Lanka'. Coined by Horace Walpole in 1754 based on Persian story The 3 Princes of Serendip who were “always making discoveries, by accidents & sagacity, of things...they were not in quest of”. 1/4

A fentanyl antidote is saving lives. But it isn‘t ending the crisis The US death toll from fentanyl is falling as communities hand out overdose-reversal drug naloxone. Behind the good news, opioids remain rife - and users report harrowing effects from the antidote.

Why are fentanyl deaths declining? Maurice Tamman and Shannon Stapleton find answers in a beaten-down neighborhood in Columbus, Ohio.
www.reuters.com/investigates...