Ohio State Researchers Wonder if LSD Could Reduce Stress Resulting From Racism
“studied whether psychedelic drugs help minorities deal with stress resulting from encounters with racism”
It’s too bad Timothy Leary is no longer with us. He would undoubtedly approve of this idea.
Campus Reform reports:
Want to deal with racism? According to these researchers, maybe LSD will work
An Ohio State University social work professor studied whether psychedelic drugs help minorities deal with stress resulting from encounters with racism.
Ohio State professor Alan Davis and other researchers used an online survey to determine whether Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) who had past experience with psychedelic drugs — including LSD and MDMA — witnessed a “reduction in traumatic stress symptoms from before-to-after the psychedelic experience.”
The study said that “one form of trauma that has been underrepresented in the empirical literature is racial trauma,” which may include “symptoms of traumatic stress, anxiety, and depression.”
The researchers wanted to determine whether “novel pharmacologically assisted therapies” could play a role in fighting the psychological effects of racism.
“Once enrolled in the study, participants were asked to report on past experiences with racial trauma, psychedelic use, and mental health symptoms,” explained the study. “Furthermore, participants were asked to recall a memorable psychedelic experience and provided details about this psychedelic experience, including the acute and enduring effects.”
Tracking the experiences of 313 participants, the study found that psychedelics caused a statistically significant decrease in traumatic stress.
The study reported several limitations, which included “outcomes were based on participant recall, which may be limiting for obtaining the most accurate data, especially for those whose memorable psychedelic experience was several years ago.” The fact that “only people who reported benefits related to their psychedelic experience were included” means researchers cannot assume that “psychedelics will be helpful for every BIPOC with racial trauma.”
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What about the stress caused by imaginary racism? Is hallucinating advisable when dealing with that?
Beat me to it…let’s invite the boogeyman in the front door!
Maybe the two sets of hallucinations cancel each other out?
I would guess that anyone kept high on psychedelics doesn’t stress out about much of anything. They’re too busy counting the flowers on the wallpaper, or some similar thing
This looks like a racist plot to make black people’s lives worse.
I recommend daily doses to each and every faculty member at The Ohio State University.
Don’t we already have crack and heroin for this?