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A Mental Ethnography: Conclusions from Research in LSDConclusion and Strange Threads

A Mental Ethnography: Conclusions from Research in LSD: Conclusion and Strange Threads [Following on the role of women in LSD research is another tie in regarding the research of Dyck. An interesting aspect of Dyck’s work is the fact that she began her study of LSD research in Canada with the idea that she would uncover horror stories of irresponsible use of the drug and on subjects. Instead, she found that the researchers in the 1950s and 1960s had gone to extreme lengths to test the drug and even to experiment with it themselves before they used it on volunteer subjects and then came later the recommendations for treatment with patients (Dyck 2008, viii). Outside of this frame of work by independent researchers is the rumor of government experiments on unwilling and willing personnel, including those by the American CIA. Dyck briefly examines this history with an eye to understand the role of secret information and withheld documentation. Much of this has been given various foci, as in the Ken Kesey participation in the Stanford University LSD experiments supported by MK-ULTRA. The exact extent of activities and experiments with psychedelics by the CIA is in doubt, as the records were first destroyed, then surfaced but with major redactions. The CIA also experimented with scopolamine, a chemical known also as hyoscine or Devil’s Breath, used to treat motion sickness, nausea, and vomiting and to decrease saliva production. A side effect is the quick onset of euphoria, which is very desirable. It has also been called the “zombie drug,” used by Colombian criminals to put people in a catatonic state.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Mental Ethnography: Conclusions from Research in LSDConclusion and Strange Threads

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Springer International Publishing
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[Following on the role of women in LSD research is another tie in regarding the research of Dyck. An interesting aspect of Dyck’s work is the fact that she began her study of LSD research in Canada with the idea that she would uncover horror stories of irresponsible use of the drug and on subjects. Instead, she found that the researchers in the 1950s and 1960s had gone to extreme lengths to test the drug and even to experiment with it themselves before they used it on volunteer subjects and then came later the recommendations for treatment with patients (Dyck 2008, viii). Outside of this frame of work by independent researchers is the rumor of government experiments on unwilling and willing personnel, including those by the American CIA. Dyck briefly examines this history with an eye to understand the role of secret information and withheld documentation. Much of this has been given various foci, as in the Ken Kesey participation in the Stanford University LSD experiments supported by MK-ULTRA. The exact extent of activities and experiments with psychedelics by the CIA is in doubt, as the records were first destroyed, then surfaced but with major redactions. The CIA also experimented with scopolamine, a chemical known also as hyoscine or Devil’s Breath, used to treat motion sickness, nausea, and vomiting and to decrease saliva production. A side effect is the quick onset of euphoria, which is very desirable. It has also been called the “zombie drug,” used by Colombian criminals to put people in a catatonic state.]

Published: Feb 14, 2023

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