Microdosing Acid Doesn’t Have Any Benefits, Say Scientists With No Sense of Fun – Futurism

There are apparently some drug researchers who hate fun and think that microdosing psychedelics has no benefits.

A new study, published in theAddiction Biology journal, claims that there are no cognitive or performance-ehancing effects in participants who took small amounts commonly known as microdoses of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD).

Researchers at the University of Chicago who, its perhaps worth noting, got funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the National Institute of Health conducted a double-blind controlled study with one group that actually took acid and one that took a placebo at three or four-day intervals.

Respondents reported feeling a drug effect from the active dosages, which, as one Twitter user noted, appeared to be slightly above the average microdose. Though the study admitted that repeatedly taking such low doses were safe for healthy volunteers, they neverthelessfound that the practiced produced negligible changes in mood or cognition.

This study, to be clear, isnt very surprising if addiction researchers are looking narrowly into whether or not microdosing is dangerous and/or beneficial, theyre not likely to find anything compelling in either direction.

While microdosing acid and psilocybin mushrooms have become hugely popular over the last decade, the fact remains that psychedelic drugs have traditionally been used either for spiritual or existential experiences or, of course, tohave some fun.If they increase productivity or creativity at work, thatd be great, but there are a lot of other valid reasons to pop a tab.

This finding may suggest that LSD doesnt hack your brain into being more productive, in other words, but at least its safe.

READ MORE:Repeated low doses of LSD in healthy adults: A placebo-controlled, doseresponse study [Addiction Biology]

More on microdosing:Silicon Valley CEO Fired for Microdosing LSD at Work

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Microdosing Acid Doesn't Have Any Benefits, Say Scientists With No Sense of Fun - Futurism