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by LockAndLol 2195 days ago
>LSD has been classified in the vast majority of countries as a Schedule 1 illegal drug for more than 50 years, ever since the adoption of the United Nations' Convention on Psychotropic Substances.

>That scheduling means regulators believe the drug has "no currently accepted medical use" — and according to scientists from Imperial College London's Centre for Psychedelic Research, it's had a hugely negative impact on LSD research.

The US fucked up a lot of research forcing other countries to sign that convention.