CCHR, a 52-year mental health watchdog, tracks multi-million-dollar investments in $7 billion hallucinogens industry, resurrected from the 60s to replace failed antidepressants today. Antidepressants record a 30% failure rate and now older, discredited practices, such as LSD and psilocybin, are set to replace them. Already, about one-fifth of global drug users consumed psychedelic drugs such as magic mushrooms (20%) or LSD (19.7%), according to 2017 statistics. [7]But some mental health experts have urged restraint. [11]CCHR is committed to cleaning up the field of mental health, with more than 190 laws already enacted around the world, but insists upon workable and accountable methods that are not mind-altering or brain-damaging.

Source: New York Times November 09, 2021 07:18 UTC