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First LSD Test In 40 Years Reveal Drug Helps Terminal Patients Prepare For Death

Posted by samzenpus on from the everything-is-wet-even-dry-stuff dept.

EwanPalmer writes "The first controlled LSD study in more than 40 years reveals the drug could be used to help people with terminal illnesses deal better with death. The study, published in the Journal of nervous and Mental Disease, showed that 12 people who agreed to take the banned hallucinogenic drug during therapy sessions felt 'significant reductions in anxiety' about their lives ending."

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  1. Re:bad trip to the power of infinity? by fustakrakich · · Score: 5, Funny

    Eventually he went away but took my walls and ceiling with him.

    You mean he stole your tent?

    --
    “He’s not deformed, he’s just drunk!”
  2. Re:Article not quite right by Bite+The+Pillow · · Score: 5, Funny

    What's after the comma? Oh please, there's a comma. There has to be something after the comma. What's after the comma? For fucks sake, what's after the comma?