Since LSD was first synthesized in 1938, psychiatrists have been intrigued by the drug and its benefits in treating alcoholism, anxiety and depression. This conversation concerns LSD-25, otherwise known as LSD, acid, or its chemical name: lysergic acid diethylamide.
However, there is a part of the conversation that’s been swept under the rug for over thirty years and is worth reviving. The opioid crisis is vicious and horrifying, medical marijuana could be the multibillion-dollar industry our economy needs, and headlines like “Generation Adderall” (NYT) elicit the feeling that we are cultivating a generation of addicts. Drugs have been a focus of conversation in America for the last few decades in political and social spheres, and for good reason.
