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The '60s Are Gone, But Psychedelic Research Trip Continues
Leary was fired and then imprisoned for experimenting with psychedelics on undergraduates, and before long, LSD was classified as a Schedule I drug, meaning it had “no known medical use. … “It was quite extraordinary,” Grof tells NPR's Arun Rath.
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When A Prescription For Pain Pills Becomes A Gateway To Addiction
Philip Seymour Hoffman's death raised renewed questions about drug addiction. I was horrified to learn that nearly one-third of people who used drugs for the first time began by using a prescription drug. Prescription painkillers are just as deadly as …
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Marijuana May Hurt The Developing Teen Brain
Lisdahl says it's a mistake for teenagers to use cannabis. "It's the absolute worst time," she says, because the mind-altering drug can disrupt development. Think of the teen years, she says, as the "last golden opportunity to make the brain as healthy …
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