Hallucinogens as Treatment? | Retro Report

This 11-minute video shows students how LSD was once a legal and widely-studied drug whose potential uses attracted the attention of psychiatrists, the CIA, and the U.S. military. After becoming intertwined with the youth culture of the 1960s, it was banned, and research was largely suspended. The video connects this past with an emerging future in which researchers are pioneering new ways to use hallucinogens in monitored clinical settings for patients with stubborn symptoms. Useful as a way of illustrating the controversies surrounding the classification of psychoactive drugs, the video fits in well with units focused on the biological bases of behavior and the physiological and psychological effects of drugs.