UCSF Launches Translational Psychedelic Research (TrPR) Program

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Post by benbreen » Thu, Jul 15, 2021, 11:37 PM UTC

UCSF Launches Translational Psychedelic Research (TrPR) Program
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Post by portpecos » Sat, Jul 17, 2021, 12:48 PM UTC

Hope their studies are reproducible, I'm getting a little tired of psychnews that make headline, only to learn it was just garbage.

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Post by romesmoke » Sat, Jul 17, 2021, 12:51 PM UTC

portpecos wrote: post #2

Hope their studies are reproducible, I'm getting a little tired of psychnews that make headline, only to learn it was just garbage.

What makes you call previous studies garbage? Haven't psychedelics actually helped people with, say, PTSD, in those previous studies?

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Post by athenasword » Sat, Jul 17, 2021, 1:33 PM UTC

This is great, but what I'm really looking forward to is research into psychedelics with techniques/practices to boost mental health even in non-DSM-diagnosed a.k.a healthy individuals.

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Post by enahs-sf » Sat, Jul 17, 2021, 3:12 PM UTC

I love that the acronym is tripper.

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Post by kjander79 » Sat, Jul 17, 2021, 5:47 PM UTC

portpecos wrote: post #2

Hope their studies are reproducible, I'm getting a little tired of psychnews that make headline, only to learn it was just garbage.

Reproduction is likely to always be an issue with psychedelics research, since people's responses are so variable. Any research would need to have unethically large numbers of subjects. Perhaps legalisation would change that, but the legalisation will always be dicey without reliable research. An ouroboros of an issue.

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Post by grayhatter » Sat, Jul 17, 2021, 9:02 PM UTC

kjander79 wrote: post #6

portpecos wrote: post #2

Hope their studies are reproducible, I'm getting a little tired of psychnews that make headline, only to learn it was just garbage.

Reproduction is likely to always be an issue with psychedelics research, since people's responses are so variable. Any research would need to have unethically large numbers of subjects. Perhaps legalisation would change that, but the legalisation will always be dicey without reliable research. An ouroboros of an issue.

> ... unethically large ...

Do you wanna expand on this one? I can probably make some assumptions about what you meant, but they're all have obvious solutions so I'm left without a reasonable interpretation.

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Post by Google234 » Sat, Jul 17, 2021, 11:38 PM UTC

grayhatter wrote: post #7

kjander79 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Reproduction is likely to always be an issue with psychedelics research, since people's responses are so variable. Any research would need to have unethically large numbers of subjects. Perhaps legalisation would change that, but the legalisation will always be dicey without reliable research. An ouroboros of an issue.

> ... unethically large ... Do you wanna expand on this one? I can probably make some assumptions about what you meant, but they're all have obvious solutions so I'm left without a reasonable interpretation.

Drugs are dangerous?

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Post by 8eye » Mon, Jul 19, 2021, 8:42 AM UTC

Google234 wrote: post #8

grayhatter wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> ... unethically large ... Do you wanna expand on this one? I can probably make some assumptions about what you meant, but they're all have obvious solutions so I'm left without a reasonable interpretation.

Drugs are dangerous?

even pharmaceuticals?