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pcernie
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17297714Thoughts? Do you think Lucy would have been better off on the cider? 
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JJW009
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LMFAO Electro-Shock Therapy is "as good as anything we've got" for a lot of conditions. Not a big fan of it myself!! It's like "we tried to fix it but nothing worked, so we hit it with a really big hammer. Now it doesn't work at all, but at least the warning light has gone out." _________________jonbwfc's law: "In any forum thread someone will, no matter what the subject, mention Firefly." When you're feeling too silly for x404, youRwired.net
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Linux_User
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LSD is non-toxic and non-addictive, I don't see the problem using it. 
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ProfessorF
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I haven't read the article, but LSD was used in the 60s for this sort of stuff. It's having a small renaissance in a few areas, including... http://www.maps.org/research/sewick.html
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tombolt
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Haven't read the article, but it's not new.
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JJW009
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There are psychological issues beyond addictiveness and physiological toxicity. I would not be comfortable seeing LSD widely prescribed without a huge amount of caution. I have no statistics (Google didn't find many studies), but it would seem plausible that more alcoholics are pre-psychotic than non-alcoholics and thus susceptible to being "tipped over the edge". This may only be one in a thousand, but that could translate to very many cases if treatment became widespread. Of course, alcoholism can be so devastating that perhaps the risk is worth it. _________________jonbwfc's law: "In any forum thread someone will, no matter what the subject, mention Firefly." When you're feeling too silly for x404, youRwired.net
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ProfessorF
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I'd be amazed if it was used outside of an observed therapy session. I really can't see it being available over the counter at Boots, can you?
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JJW009
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No. Not in my lifetime. Which makes it all rather academic. _________________jonbwfc's law: "In any forum thread someone will, no matter what the subject, mention Firefly." When you're feeling too silly for x404, youRwired.net
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ProfessorF
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I should've had put 'used medically' in that sentence. It's used outside all the time - just look at Glastonbury. This is also an interesting piece - http://www.susanblackmore.co.uk/journal ... SLSD06.htm
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paulzolo
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It only works because the LSD-induced pink elephant PWNS the alcohol pink elephant. 
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JJW009
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Sings *Pink Elephants on Parade, Pink Elephants on Parade*
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l3v1ck
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News just in: Laziness and scrounging cure work stress.....
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jonbwfc
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Hold on.. I like Alcohol pink elephants, and I like LSD pink elephants.. but which is best? There's only one way to find out....
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Linux_User
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So do reduced working hours and better working conditions, fat chance of that with the Tories around. Thank god for the Working Time Directive.
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pcernie
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