My experiment with smart drugs: Viagra for the brain?

Re:My experiment with smart drugs: Viagra for the brain? by mojuba on Thursday May 15, 2008 @02:53PM (#190767)

LSD is said to improve analytical abilities. The "improved state" can last weeks or even months, although it is difficult to say if the change is permanent or not, as some claim.

There is a conspiracy theory also, that this particular quality of LSD caused its ban in 60s-70s.

(Actually, there is a legal substance with similar effects discovered not long ago, and I thought it might be used in psychotherapy the same way LSD was used before the ban.)

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Re:My experiment with smart drugs: Viagra for the brain? by mooneater on Thursday May 15, 2008 @05:18PM (#190977)

I would like to read more about this. Do you have a citation re: LSD and analytical abilities?

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Re:My experiment with smart drugs: Viagra for the brain? by mojuba on Thursday May 15, 2008 @06:16PM (#191074)

This book http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/lsd/staf3.htm seems to be (briefly) covering many aspects of it.

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Re:My experiment with smart drugs: Viagra for the brain? by johnyzee on Friday May 16, 2008 @03:57AM (#191589)

I don't think that's controversial. It makes you think (way, way) out of the box.

It's the same reason people smoke pot for creativity - you come up with weird ideas and some are really good. Of course, only to begin with do you know what the good stuff is. Then you end up like this: http://www.familyguyx.net/episode/deep_throats/link_102/

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Re:My experiment with smart drugs: Viagra for the brain? by AndyKelley on Friday May 16, 2008 @01:07AM (#191471)

From what I understand, LSD makes you think you have an improved state, and that you understand things more clearly, but in reality you don't. Much like drunk drivers claiming that the alcohol actually improves their reaction time and driving skill.

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Re:My experiment with smart drugs: Viagra for the brain? by petercooper on Friday May 16, 2008 @04:11AM (#191595)

> there is a legal substance

Which is..?

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Re:My experiment with smart drugs: Viagra for the brain? by mojuba on Friday May 16, 2008 @05:03AM (#191616)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bromo-DragonFly

In fact... Erowid.org says Dragonfly is sometimes sold as LSD to those who can't tell the difference.

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Re:My experiment with smart drugs: Viagra for the brain? by rms on Friday May 16, 2008 @04:22AM (#191600)

Hey, shoot me an email, don't want to get into the discussion on this forum.

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Re:My experiment with smart drugs: Viagra for the brain? by petercooper on Friday May 16, 2008 @01:52PM (#192035)

Actually I misread your original post. I thought you were referring to a legal drug with the thought-process benefits (but lacking the psychedelic effects) rather than the psychedelic aspects alone.

I am familiar with a few legal psychedelics, but it's not something I'm interested in :(

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Re:My experiment with smart drugs: Viagra for the brain? by rms on Friday May 16, 2008 @11:20PM (#192441)

Yeah... the thought process alteration is really the same as the psychedelic effects. More so than visuals or anything, what the psychedelics do is temporarily change the way you think and perceive reality.

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