Psychology 2011A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Marsh Chapel Experiment, Timothy Leary, Albert Hofmann

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2011A/B
• Professor: Imants Baruss

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None of the results came out as 0. Notice, the relative dangerousness of alcohol to cannabis (less dangerous than alcohol) Therapeutic index of the drug ratio of the lethal dose to the effective dose. How much to kill myself divided by how much do i need to feel the effect. For alcohol it is 6, so if you drink 2 beers, you feel a buzz, if you drink 12 in an hour you"re dead. For lsd it is 4816, but no one can. Found that some psychedelic drugs may alleviate pain. Perceptional changes can occur, including flashbacks and these can last from seconds to hours. People who have used psychedelic drugs prior to their diagnosis better (refer to textbook) 20 students who have never done psychedelic drugs, gave them drugs as a placebo, and then sat them down in a 2 good friday service.