Ram Dass has died

Re:Ram Dass has died by wool_gather on Monday December 23, 2019 @09:30AM (#21863762)

Correct; instead of armchair pharmacist-ing on some internet forum, we should collect actual data about its effects so that people can make more informed decisions about what/whether there are good uses for this chemical. Just like we do with other drugs.

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Re:Ram Dass has died by cyberpip on Tuesday December 24, 2019 @07:31AM (#21871574)

There are more and more studies emerging (see https://maps.org/research/ and https://hub.jhu.edu/2019/09/04/hopkins-launches-psychedelic-...). That said, Erowid, and anecdotal reports, can be very valuable as well.

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Re:Ram Dass has died by wool_gather on Tuesday December 24, 2019 @12:11PM (#21873362)

Yeah, I definitely don't disagree that informal reports are useful too. Was just reacting to the idea that it shouldn't be studied at all because of some rumors.

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Re:Ram Dass has died by evancox100 on Monday December 23, 2019 @11:43AM (#21864842)

No, that's not what we do with other drugs. No one goes to an IRB with "We suspect this drug is bad for people, we should run a study to find out," and gets approval for that study.

If you wanted to perform an observational study on whether or not people already consuming LSD are at heightened risk of stroke, I highly doubt the federal ban would affect that.

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Re:Ram Dass has died by wool_gather on Tuesday December 24, 2019 @12:13PM (#21873376)

There are lots of suspicions about how LSD might be good for people too; how do we figure out which suspicions are factual and not?

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