Scientist Haunted by Misuse of Drugs He Invented

David Nichols studies the way psychedelic drugs act in the brains of rats. But he's haunted by how humans hijack his work to make street drugs, sometimes causing overdose deaths. (Jan. 5)

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[userkc2008]

Let's put it this way, the guy who designed the box cutter would never had imagined how terrorists would use them for. There is something call evil genius. They will do something evil even with just a glass of milk.

[SwampThizzle]

@MRXFX91 It's really hilarious. Nichols is sitting directly in front of a giant Purdue University sign and at the bottom the AP caption reads "Perdue." I want to send a screenshot to failblog.

[bangul]

Dr. NIchols, you are not responsible for those deaths. Federal, State and local drug prohibition is. Without prohibition drugs would be better manufactured and safer just like it is without alcohol prohibition. Drugs would be more easily properly dosed and more money would be available for addiction treatment. You don't have blood on your hand but our so called protectors do.

[StyledinCA]

@PT92562

Idiot, he spoke on why he thinks publishing this work is beneficial and many would agree that it is. You need to direct your comments towards the governments who makes these things illegal and therefore only available through a dangerous black market. Nichols and his research have psychically helped thousands of human beings! Your angst is very misdirected.

[yourallstoopid]

@freerangebiped well thats all the fuckin evidence i need.. doc gimme sum rolls!

[freerangebiped]

The research of many psychedelic drugs which initially showed great promise in healing certain mental illnesses was eventually taken over by the military in its quest to develop new war weapons. LSD and STP were two of them.

[freerangebiped]

It was the DEA, not Dr. NIchols, who perverted the remarkable positive healing effects of MDMA,. It was turned from a spiritual sacrament into a party drug that killed people.

[freerangebiped]

The first Dallas raves in which the drug was freely handed out to partiers were almost spiritual affairs, as people let down their defenses and talked honestly and openly about their feelings to others. People started changing. They started healing.

All was fine until the DEA stepped in and placed the drug on a Schedule I list of illicit drugs. That's when the underground market stepped in and started dealing black market X. And that's when people started dying.

[freerangebiped]

Dr. Nichols' research on MDMA (Ecstacy) inspired a psychotherapist to try the drug on his patients, with remarkable success.

"MDMA developed a reputation for enhancing communication during clinical sessions, reducing patients' psychological defenses, and increasing capacity for therapeutic introspection."

[daftvader75]

@Methodologyofmadness i've no idea what you're blathering on about so im guessing you first meant to reply to someone else & mistakenly replied to me instead

[upajos]

"... people have to be responsible for their own actions." Right. If people abuse drugs despite warnings and die as a result, it's a Good Thing -- chlorine for the gene pool.

[pvtjamesryan3]

@Jonnybrams

Forgot to take your psychedelics today?

You're a bit cranky. hahaha