Psychedelics in the medical toolbox?
Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine April 1, 2025 Peer reviewed DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.92b.04025 via Semantic Scholar
Summary
Psychedelics, once linked to 1960s and 1970s countercultures as recreational drugs, are now being introduced into medical practice, surprising many due to their historical stigma.
Study at a glance
| Design | review |
|---|---|
| Key finding | Psychedelics are being reintroduced into medical practice despite their historical association with recreational use. |
Abstract
Given the historical association of psychedelics as “recreational” mind-altering compounds within countercultures of the 1960s and 1970s, their current introduction into several aspects of medical practice is a surprise to many.