Hmm I have to say you sure do know what you are talking about here, I assume you aren't looking all this up as we are speaking. SS is actually more common than thought of, and LSD is somewhat toxic, although not that toxic, when LSD goes into the stage of inhibiting MAO's there is also some amount of LSD that is doing it's old job. And as I assume you know when MAO's are inhibited they can't beak down excess blah blah blah, you know the rest. So LSD is much more potent thus sometimes creating that "Perma-high" people talk about with LSD at times, I also have some reason to believe it CAN cause ulcers. (I am not going to go into that nor back it up, it is just my thoughts) Also, Olney's lesions are actually proven. I have done a little research on it myself. Most of the tests on animals closer to humans, rather than rats etc are unpublished. But I believe quite throughly in it. I wish I could think of the ratio of substance to brain cell killed, but I can't at the moment. But it IS rather small compared to most toxic substances, but none the less it does cause lesions in rats and monkeys. Honestly I don't see much of how LSD can help the being treated, more then already can be, except how much is made from so little. The idea of how MJ is worse then tobacco, is how it is A filtered, and B the tar, and how the Carbon Dioxide forms bonds. I haven't gone much into Cannabis research because of how much it has already been studied. I only know what has been told to me by other studies. As for the guy who posted above you, I am going to direct you to a site, because I really don't have enough time to go into the reasons for the use of heroin in curing addiction nor do I want to explain it. Sorry. Please forgive me if it is a bad site, I just googled it and pasted the first one, which isn't always the best, haha.Ness wrote:First off, Olney's Lesions are still technically theoretical. Plus, dissociatives are easily the most neurotoxic class of drugs, so yes, heavy dissociative use is bad for you. And LSD has PLENTY of potential use as a legitimate medicine, but research into that was stopped when it became a Schedule I controlled substance. As far as neurochemistry and drugs goes, I guarantee I can go toe to toe with you, whether you actually have a PhD in neurochemistry or not. Before I ever put anything into my body, I learn everything there is to know about it. As for the comparison between marijuana and tobacco, there really is very little comparison. For example, nicotine is absolutely horrible for you, whereas THC and cannabidol really aren't toxic. And you can not say "drugs are bad" or "drugs are not bad". You need to specify WHICH drug you're talking about. Example: Methamphetamine is horribly neurotoxic and really does a number on your body, which is why I never have and never will touch the stuff. THC on the other hand is non toxic. I'm going to say it AGAIN: I know exactly what I am talking about and when asked about a specific drug I will always state the good and the bad.
As for LSD as an MAO inhibitor, that is not something that I have ever come across in my research, but even if it were true, the MAO inhibition would have to be very slight and very short term, otherwise serotonin syndrome would be a common side effect of LSD use, and it is not.
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/hero.html
Anyway I just read it quick, it seemed to show, how Heroin was used as cure for Morphine when it was first discovered, and it still is. One of the reasons I studied it for a while was because of how it actually did cure many withdrawal effects with out giving many back. It was quite interesting actually.