Category Archives: Mental Health

According to Drugpolicy.org, nearly 11 million people in the United States have tried meth. Despite the notorious addictiveness of the drug, however, meth could still be up to ten times less addictive than the dangerous group of stimulants known as “bath salts,” according to a new study by researchers at Scripps Research Institute. Drugs sold as bath salts, of course, are not intended to be used in the bath at all, but are rather snorted, smoked or injected in order to create hallucinations and a physical high.

A group of scientists have published a new report online in the medical journal Nature Reviews Neuroscience, calling for additional research to be performed on various illegal drugs and describing the bans on these drugs as scientific censorship. The researchers say that such drugs, including psychedelics and marijuana, may have incredible efficacy in treating various physical and mental heath conditions, but that restrictive laws prevent the scientific community from fully understanding exactly how and to what extent. Many of these drugs are considered “Schedule 1″ under U.S. law, meaning that they’re thought to have no medical use and a high potential for abuse. Could drugs once considered strictly recreational and dangerous actually hold the keys to a new era of safer, more effective medical treatment?