Blossom Pulse Archive

What happened in psychedelic research in 1980

3 events from 1980, dated by when they happened rather than when we logged them. Papers as they published, trials starting and finishing, programme milestones, and the news coverage around them, grouped by week.

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Week of 27 October 1980

  • This open-label within-subjects design study (n=24) investigated the effects of LSD (75-150μg) on time perception. Participants were assigned time intervals (15, 60, 120, and 240 minutes) and asked to indicate when the time had elapsed; participants provided shorter times estimates under the influence of LSD, indicating that subjective time elapsed more rapidly compared to the control condition.

    LSD

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Week of 31 December 1979

  • This early review (1960) details the prevalence of some possible side effects and complications of LSD from the literature. The discussion includes prolonged psychotic symptoms, (attempted) suicides, and others.

    LSDDepressive DisordersAnxiety DisordersSuicidalitySchizophreniaHealthy VolunteersSafety & Risk Management

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  • This unregistered trial (n=29) was an uncontrolled clinical observational series of MDMA-assisted sessions for various therapeutic goals in self-referred participants, focusing primarily on the subjective and phenomenological reports of the experience.

    MDMA

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