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Re:An LSD Trip “Off-Switch” May Be Coming Soon by ghostbrainalpha on Monday June 22, 2020 @12:54PM (#23602519)
It might make a little sense for Emergency Rooms to have in response to the "bad trips" that result in people calling an ambulance.

But I think the primary reason they would want to develop this would be to encourage LSD to be used as a therapy drug. A lot of people would be more comfortable experimenting in a controlled/legal setting if they new they had an off switch in case anything went wrong.

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Re:An LSD Trip “Off-Switch” May Be Coming Soon by heavyset_go on Monday June 22, 2020 @02:24PM (#23603758)
> It might make a little sense for Emergency Rooms to have in response to the "bad trips" that result in people calling an ambulance.

Doctors already have a ton drugs with proven efficacy for treating acute reactions to psychedelics. Many of them are cheap, off patent and have minimal side effects if they aren't taken chronically.

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