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    Acid Test: LSD, Ecstasy, and the Power to Heal
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    Acid Test: LSD, Ecstasy, and the Power to Heal

    Written by Tom Shroder

    Narrated by Arthur Morey

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    About this audiobook

    A fascinating, transformative look at the therapeutic powers of psychedelic drugs, particularly in the treatment of PTSD, and the past fifty years of scientific, political, and legal controversy they have ignited, by award-winning journalist Tom Shroder.

    It's no secret that psychedelic drugs have the ability to cast light on the miraculous reality hidden within our psyche. Following the discovery of LSD less than a hundred years ago, psychedelics began to play a crucial role in the quest to understand the link between mind and matter. Compounds such as LSD and MDMA have proved to be extraordinarily effective in treating disorders such as posttraumatic stress-yet the drugs remain illegal, out of reach of the millions of people who could benefit from them.

    Tom Shroder's Acid Test is a meticulously researched history of LSD and the controversy surrounding psychedelics, as well as a striking look at the unprecedented healing properties of drugs that have for decades been characterized as dangerous, illicit substances. Shroder covers the first heady years of experimentation in the 50s and 60s through the backlash of the 70s and 80s, when the drug subculture exploded and uncontrolled experimentation with street psychedelics led to a PR nightmare that would set therapeutic use back decades. Acid Test is a fascinating, transformative look at the therapeutic powers of psychedelic drugs, particularly in the treatment of PTSD, and the past fifty years of scientific, political, and legal controversy they have ignited.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateSep 9, 2014
    ISBN9781491535233
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    Acid Test: LSD, Ecstasy, and the Power to Heal
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    Tom Shroder

    Tom Shroder was an editor and writer at The Washington Post from 1999 to 2009. Under his stewardship, The Washington Post Magazine won the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing in both 2008 and 2010. He is the author of the nonfiction bestseller Old Souls. He lives in Vienna, Virginia.

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    • 5/5
      every person needs to read this book. especially anyone involved with psychology, academia, or health sciences.
    • 4/5
      super informative. legality vs morality. detailed effects of said substances.
    • 5/5
      A must read for those who doubt the power of "illegal" substances to bring healing. Our society needs more people like Tom Shroder to shout from the rooftops that we can be a happier, saner people if we can be allowed to study what we want without the powers that be tying our hands. Good Lord I am thankful for this book!
    • 5/5
      Good combination of the history of the drugs and switches off with a narrative perspective of all three characters. Goes back from the 60’s to the current stance on psychedelic research with comprehensive overview of the key players in its growth and development