PS268 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Claviceps Purpurea, National Cancer Institute, Nikethamide
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Lsd (indole | claviceps purpurea fungus | schedule iii drug) Most potent of hallucinogens, d-lysergic acid diethylamide was synthesized by sandos. Laboratories, switzerland by albert hofmann (1938) because of its chemical similarity to nikethamide (a known stimulant) Synthesized from ergot alkaloids from claviceps purpurea that grows on grain (eating infected grain = ergotism) Was widely used as an adjunct to psychotherapy. Believed to be a good treatment for alcohol and those with terminal cancer to understand their own morality. In 1966 sandos pharmacueitcal gave control of it to government and nimh stopped. National cancer institute stop funding psychedelic research in 1975. Today new interest has peaked (mostly psilocybin) in using hallucinogens to reduce anxiety in cancer, support withdrawal, for mood disorders. Psychic driving (treatment to erase harmful memories, rebuild psyche without defect) Was recruited by cia to experiment in mind control in 1950. Timothy leary and richard alpert popularized lsd use and usage peaked in 1967 and.
