The latest news articles featuring BC Centre on Substance Use.
Use of LSD, MDMA, and magic mushrooms aid treatment of anxiety, addiction, and PTSD
September 08, 2015 | International Business Times
Limited research studies have revealed that controlled use of psychedelic drugs show some success in therapies of conditions such as anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and addiction. A team from the University of British Columbia, Canada, say that psychedelic substances, such as LSD, psi...
Psychedelic drugs might help treat mental health disorders study says
September 08, 2015 | CBC News
A new study suggests illicit drugs, such as magic mushrooms, have the potential to ease anxiety and PTSD LSD, magic mushrooms and ecstasy are well known street drugs not usually associated with medical treatment. But that could be changing. In a new article in the Canadian Medical Association Journa...
Psychedelic drugs may be helpful in treating addiction, anxiety, and PTSD
September 08, 2015 | The Globe and Mail
Psychedelic drugs, including LSD and MDMA, could help some patients struggling with addiction, post-traumatic stress disorder and anxiety, according to a new analysis that urges Canadian policy-makers to reconsider their perception of those drugs. The analysis, published Tuesday in the Canadian Medi...
LSD, magic mushrooms, and ecstasy ‘could help treat anxiety, PTSD, and addiction’, experts say
September 08, 2015 | MailOnline
LSD, ecstasy, magic mushrooms and other psychedelic drugs could be used to treat anxiety, post traumatic stress disorder and addiction, a new study has today suggested. It is more than 40 years since Harvard University researcher Timothy Leary urged America to ‘turn on, tune in, drop out’...
Interest in therapeutic use of psychedelic drugs on the rise, says research review
September 08, 2015 | The Vancouver Sun
Vancouver-based study part of trend with its work on PTSD Research in Vancouver on psychedelic drugs as a possible treatment for mental illness is part of a worldwide renaissance of the formerly sidelined area. “The door to research has opened and many have walked through,” says Mark Had...
