Can LSD and magic mushrooms help win wars? This Marine officer says ‘yes’
By: J.D. Simkins   12 hours ago
One officer has cited growing evidence of the benefits of psychedelic drugs, like the mushrooms seen here, as reason to use microdoses to generate performance enhancing benefits among certain military personnel. (Peter Dejong/AP)
Sanctioned psychedelic drug use as a medical or psychological treatment method is gaining ground as part of today’s hallucinogenic renaissance.
Recent scientific studies approved by the Food and Drug Administration have yielded positive cognitive results when administering “microdoses" of the drugs lysergic acid diethylamide, or LSD, and psilocybin, the alkaloid in hallucinogenic mushrooms.
But could this new wave of unorthodox treatment ever find its way into the ranks of the military? According to an article by Marine Maj. Emre Albayrak that was published in the February issue of the Marine Corps Gazette, it certainly should.
https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/off-duty/military-culture/2019/03/11/lsd-and-magic-mushrooms-can-enhance-cognitive-capabilities-help-win-wars-study-claims/