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Study: Prohibition on Psychedelics a Violation of Human Rights, Their Use not a Risk Factor for Mental Health Problems [1]

Submitted by will on Mon, 03/09/2015 - 21:14

A study [2] of over 130,000 adults, published this month by the Journal of Psychopharmacology, has found that the use of psychedelics such as LSD and magic mushrooms is not a risk factor for mental health problems. Researchers conclude that the prohibition on such drugs is difficult to justify, and is a violation against human rights.

Using a data set consisting of 135,095 randomly selected United States adults, including 19,299 psychedelic users, researchers examined “the associations between psychedelic use and mental health.”

Read more... (thejointblog.com) [3]

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  • Health & Wellbeing [4]

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[1] //soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/content/study-prohibition-psychedelics-violation-human-rights-their-use-not-risk-factor-mental
[2] http://jop.sagepub.com/content/early/2015/02/25/0269881114568039.abstract
[3] http://thejointblog.com/study-prohibition-on-psychedelics-a-violation-of-human-rights-their-use-not-a-risk-factor-for-mental-health-problems/
[4] //soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/category/type-post/health-wellbeing