Before LSD was colloquially known as acid, it was used by scientific institutions as a possible treatment for schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders. Research into the effects of LSD was controversial and often resulted in unforeseen consequences. “Experimental Compound MER 17 and LSD-25: Psychosis,” is a clinical study researching the effects of LSD and the new drug MER-17, an antipsychotic. MER-17 was a drug they hoped would conquer the damaging effects of LSD and make it usable in psychiatry. It raises questions about the benefits of LSD in medicine and in corresponding drugs that may help temper the harmful side effects that people associate with acid.
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Experimental Compound MER 17 and LSD-25: Psychosis
Experimental Compound MER 17 and LSD-25: Psychosis
Produced: 1955
Length: 32 Minutes
Before LSD was colloquially known as acid, it was used by scientific institutions as a possible treatment for schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders. Research into the effects of LSD was controversial and often resulted in unforeseen consequences. “Experimental Compound MER 17 and LSD-25: Psychosis,” is a clinical study researching the effects of LSD and the new drug MER-17, an antipsychotic. MER-17 was a drug they hoped would conquer the damaging effects of LSD and make it usable in psychiatry. It raises questions about the benefits of LSD in medicine and in corresponding drugs that may help temper the harmful side effects that people associate with acid.
