[flente]

The backlash actually started sooner than that, and largely due to the excesses of Tim Leary, et al. Michael Pollan's book "How To Change Your Mind" covers it in detail.

A great shame, because psychedelic therapy has so much potential. Just a single data point, but my life was turned around by some formational experiences on LSD and Psilocybin. Glad to see research heating up in this area again.

[deepsun]

I read "it changed my life" so many times on internet, but from personal experiences and many friends I don't know anyone who'd noticeably changed their life for better.

Except for only one friend, who ended up suicidal and delusional beyond repair, frequent mental hospital dweller (although all doctors said drugs could only exacerbate a pre-existing condition, but not create it from scratch).

I wonder why so big discrepancy between internet and real life here.