Is LSD Good for You? As the FDA paves the way for clinical LSD trials, scientists are exploring its medical benefits. Is acid the new Xanax? Plus, from Angelina to The Beatles, a gallery of celebrity trippers. Bob Wold doesn't seem like your typical acid tripper. A happily married 56-year-old contractor with four kids who lives the suburbs of Chicago, he had never considered taking psychedelic drugs until about 10 years ago. At the time, he was suffering from cluster headachesknown as suicide headaches because theyre so painfulfor 12 hours a day, and he was spending more than $20,000 a year on medication. Then he read a post on a support-group Web site from someone who said theyd found a miracle cure for their own cluster headaches: LSD. Wold decided to try it. "Compared to brain surgery, he says, taking a couple hits of LSD looked a lot more attractive. But ever since a bust of the countrys biggest LSD lab nine years ago, the drug has become much harder to find. So Wold got his hands on the closest equivalent he could think of: psilocybin magic mushrooms (though he has since switched to LSD, which he says works better). The psychedelics arrived in a brown box at his doorstep from a long-distance dealer. He took one dose: about 1.5 grams. "In 15 minutes I could feel the difference, he says. My head was clearer than it had probably been in the past 20 years. Other medications felt like they were just covering it up. But on acid, All the pressure was gone." Thanks Hana! Thanks Hana! » more at: www.thedailybeast.com Posted By jamesk at 2009-08-25 22:51:49 permalink | comments Tags: LSD » More ways to bookmark this page





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