LSD Research Paper

I am interested in LSD , a psychedelic drug, which was a highly popular drug around the sixties. It is a small slither that looks like paper and is hard to detect using a simple drug test. It was widely used during "Woodstock". I believe this psychedelic drug gained its popularity by The Beatles, with their song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds". People that use it describe the euphoria as a "trip" which impairs reality. Such as inanimate objects speaking, the ground melting, etc., but the duration, sensations, and lasting effects are beyond me. It comes with a variety of different names such as acid, dots, even "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds". From what I have heard, a Swedish scientist created it, though not exactly sure if the doctor intentionally created it or not. Supposedly the use of LSD causes no brain damage whatsoever, which I may take research on that later on. I have not heard any death caused by LSD. This sums most of my knowledge about LSD. I wanted to write about this drug in particular because it was so popular during the "hippie" era. I have seen paintings created by people who have taken LSD and they are so erratic and full of non-sense. It really is interesting to me. I have had friends who have taken LSD and described it as being a quite terrible "trip" if you are in the wrong environment. The way they depict LSD in movies an shows seems so hysterical! Although I would never try it out myself, there will always be something about the idea of LSD augmenting reality in ways unimaginable only known in the taker’s mind that will always intrigue me. I wonder what my mind would conjure up if I were to take it? Would you not be curious as well? What I want to find out is if somewhere in the medical field uses this drug in any way for therapeutic uses in this current generation or maybe even how the perception and sensations of using it feels like. In the article “Acid Redux: Revisiting LSD Use In Therapy” by Adam Jacobs particularly discusses LSD’s uses prominently in the fifties and the sixties era to try and find a breakthrough therapeutic outcome dealing with patients of various psychological illnesses through different perspectives of different doctors and scientists. Basically, LSD was not used for recreational use only. Stanislav Grof, a Czech psychotherapist believed that LSD can be used to break down the barriers of suppressed memories in a persons life in order for them to overcome their traumatic events. It facilitated memory retrieval. A question of "can this therapeutic use of LSD be an everlasting therapy"? In a study, LSD only provides a temporary psychotic state, in which Grof's two-thousand experiments can be rendered useless. LSD therapy is no longer a practice, since it does not provide sufficient information that is substantial help to the human mind. In the article "Visual Trails: Do The Doors Of Perception Open Periodically?" by Julien Dubois Rufin VanRullen