Very interesting stories - such <i>massive</i> doses of psychedelics can be dangerous for a number of reasons and you really shouldn't ingest anywhere near such dosages without medical care on standby.<p>In general though, anecdotes of psychedelics curing a number of mental illnesses are starting to become well supported by the scientific literature. The wide variety of benefits from psychedelics - particularly psilocybin - are being actively investigated in quite a few clinical trials. We're talking about safe and long-term cures for depression, anxiety, addiction - while also promoting neurogenesis and neuroplasticity [1][2][3].<p>I believe we're on the brink of a modern psychedelic revolution in medicine, one that has been long overdue since these effects were documented and investigated over 70 years ago - and known to ancient indigenous cultures for <i>thousands</i> of years.<p>[1] Antidepressive, anxiolytic, and antiaddictive effects of ayahuasca, psilocybin and lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD): a systematic review of clinical trials published in the last 25 years
<a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2045125316638008" rel="nofollow">https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/204512531663800...</a><p>[2] Effects of psilocybin on hippocampal neurogenesis and extinction of trace fear conditioning
<a href="http://www.psilosophy.info/resources/Effects%20of%20psilocybin%20on%20hippocampal%20neurogenesis%20and%20extinction%20of%20trace%20fear%20conditioning.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.psilosophy.info/resources/Effects%20of%20psilocyb...</a><p>[3] Psychedelics as a Treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease Dementia
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>... there’s never been a recorded death from LSD directly...<p>but earlier in the article:<p>>Three patients stopped breathing and needed to be put on ventilation machines.<p>Sounds like it was pretty touch and go there for at least those three people.<p>I don't really have a notion of how widespread LSD usage has been throughout history (thousand of users? millions of users? ) so the toxicity anecdote is interesting, especially since acid has a reputation for being such a heavy drug.