Tough on Drugs

For the past five years, Dr. Erika Dyck has been unearthing some intriguing facts related to a group of pioneering psychiatrists who worked in Saskatchewan, Canada in the '50s and '60s. Among other things, the University of Alberta history of medicine professor has found records of the psychiatrists' research that indicate a single dose of the hallucinogenic drug LSD can be an effective treatment for alcoholism. Her findings are published this month in the journal Social History of Medicine.

Posted on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 05:00:00 EDT at http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/200...111350.htm