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LSD suggested as cure for alcoholism
ABC13.com ^ | 10-16-2006 | ABCNEWS

Posted on 10/16/2006 3:58:35 PM PDT by FFIGHTER

(10/16/06) - Imagine this.

You are hooked on alcohol and you want help getting off the booze.

You go to your doctor, and he or she says, "Drop some acid."

That's right. LSD, the infamous drug of choice for many hippies in the 1960s and '70s.

Lysergic acid diethylamide, the drug that caused hallucinations or "tripping," was, of course, outlawed, giving it immeasurable street cred in its time, before fading away as flower-painted bodies grew into gray-flannel suits.

So, in the 21st century, why would a respected medical doctor even consider prescribing LSD as a wonder drug to help cure alcoholism?

(Excerpt) Read more at abclocal.go.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: aa; alcholism; billwilson; brianwilson; lsd; sydbarrett
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1 posted on 10/16/2006 3:58:36 PM PDT by FFIGHTER
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To: FFIGHTER

Yeah because your too stoned to find the can opener. LOL!


2 posted on 10/16/2006 3:59:53 PM PDT by fkabuckeyesrule (Go Bucks.....beat Indiana!!!)
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To: FFIGHTER; RobFromGa

Yeah, right.
(ping the usual suspects)


3 posted on 10/16/2006 3:59:53 PM PDT by xcamel (Press to Test, Release to Detonate)
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To: FFIGHTER
This is like shooting yourself in the head to cure a broken leg.

Regards, Ivan

4 posted on 10/16/2006 4:00:22 PM PDT by MadIvan (I aim to misbehave.)
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To: MadIvan

Very much like that. Like the booze isn't killing the brain cells fast enough.


5 posted on 10/16/2006 4:01:17 PM PDT by L98Fiero (Evil is an exact science)
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To: FFIGHTER

Well, a bullet is a good cure for Islamofascism too....

Yes, avoid hangovers, --- STAY DRUNK!!!


6 posted on 10/16/2006 4:01:58 PM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: FFIGHTER

I hate to tell them but when I was a youngster buying acid, I made sure to keep plenty of beer money handy because I knew I would be drinking to take the edge off.


7 posted on 10/16/2006 4:02:20 PM PDT by cripplecreek (If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?)
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To: FFIGHTER

yeah like anyone is going to read the complete article.


8 posted on 10/16/2006 4:02:48 PM PDT by steveo (ADVERTISEMENT)
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To: xcamel; RobFromGa

Speaking as an alcoholic with nearly 16 years of sobriety who took a lot of LSD while drinking, I can promise you that THIS DOES NOT WORK!


9 posted on 10/16/2006 4:04:16 PM PDT by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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To: FFIGHTER; aculeus; Senator Bedfellow; Billthedrill; All

Being old enough to remember LSD pushed as a panacea, and with experience to the contrary, an emphatic “Not this (bleep) again!”


10 posted on 10/16/2006 4:06:11 PM PDT by dighton
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To: wagglebee

20 years, 11 months, 16 days later, I still don't miss it.
(but who's counting)


11 posted on 10/16/2006 4:12:03 PM PDT by xcamel (Press to Test, Release to Detonate)
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To: wagglebee

No kidding. The thing was I could drink incredible ammounts of alcohol without getting drunk but I tended to crave beer more than usual.


12 posted on 10/16/2006 4:12:34 PM PDT by cripplecreek (If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?)
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To: FFIGHTER

Ah, good ol LSD. The breakfast of champions- and environmentalist whackos.


13 posted on 10/16/2006 4:13:48 PM PDT by ovrtaxt (We gotta watch out for the Hellbazoo and the Hamas...)
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To: xcamel

15 years, 10 months, 13 days.


14 posted on 10/16/2006 4:14:47 PM PDT by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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To: FFIGHTER


Hmmm, anyone ever tried not drinking as a "cure".

Perhaps much clinical study is neccesary before such radical methods are tried.


15 posted on 10/16/2006 4:15:59 PM PDT by Names Ash Housewares
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To: cripplecreek

I remember around 5 in the morning needing to get enough booze in me to try to sleep.


16 posted on 10/16/2006 4:16:26 PM PDT by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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To: wagglebee; cripplecreek

I got a DUI once when I was 20. My blood alcohol was .013, but I couldn't drive because I was too busy tripping.

I never felt alcohol on acid. NOTHING touched acid, asolutely nothing.

That trip downtown in the trooper's Mustang was one of the coolest experiences ever- followed by actually arriving there, which was a major buzzkill.


17 posted on 10/16/2006 4:17:23 PM PDT by ovrtaxt (We gotta watch out for the Hellbazoo and the Hamas...)
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To: FFIGHTER
Far out!


18 posted on 10/16/2006 4:17:29 PM PDT by maggief
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To: FFIGHTER

In a related story: "Hanging as a cure for headache"


19 posted on 10/16/2006 4:18:01 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
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To: wagglebee; xcamel

Hey oldtimers--

3 years, 8 days.


20 posted on 10/16/2006 4:18:37 PM PDT by RobFromGa (Monthly donors rock!)
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