Re: [ThomasSzaszDiscussion] The 'psychedelic renaissance'--your views please
jj8_raw wrote:
> I am wondering what members of this group think about the new
> psychedelic and MDMA therapies that are starting to be used now by by
> a few psychotherapists.
What is the difference between a "psychedelic" drug and any other drug
that crosses the blood/brain barrier?
I am wondering what members of this group think about the new psychedelic and MDMA therapies that are starting to be used now by by a few psychotherapists. As...
... Well Dr Stanislav Grof who is one of the foremost researchers in the filed of LSD psychotherapy would most likely answer that, unlike drugs which are...
... A person should be free to take any drug he likes. But unless he feels better because the drug gets rid of a lesion that is to quote Thomas Szasz...
I completely agree with you! Never should any drug be forced on another, either with the other knowing they are being coerced to take it, or unsuspectingly....
... And of course be responsible for his/her actions when under the influence of those "psychedelic" drugs - or any other or when not taking any particular...
... Jack's decision may be impeded by misinformation about the efficacy and safety of the drug. He would in any case be in a better position to decide if he...
... Quite true that Jack may have not learned about a drug's efficacy or safety. In leaving the responsibility for knowing this information totally to...
... That *is* a medical education. When I use the word education, I mean acquiring knowledge, not acquiring diplomas. ... There are still vast amounts of...
... The word "education" is generally used (at least in the US) in connection with something being done to someone almost always by government approved...
Dr. Szasz has stated that the so-called psychedelic drugs have only 2 effects of people. To wake them up or put them to sleep. Now these effects can be...
I very much respect Thomas Szasz, but that doesn't mean I will not challenge things he says if I feel they do not do justice to the subject in hand, and in...
... Others will no doubt know better, but I cannot recall precisely what Szasz has said about so-called psychedelics. Supposing he hasn't said all that much...
Hi Mirah, Coercion as Cure is a great book - Szasz's chapter about the use of LSD by R. D. Laing and Timothy Leary is worth the price of the book alone....
Can you summarize what Szasz says about Laing and Leary's use of LSD? Or link me to the chapter, if it can be read online? ... From: "Martin Kessler"...
Juliano wrote: "Can you summarize what Szasz says about Laing and Leary's use of LSD. " They both used it and thought LSD would make a great therapeutic drug...
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