One of the most common illnesses in America is psychiatric disorders such as depression, anxiety, and addiction. The brain is next to other subjects such as the ocean and outer space in terms of scientific knowledge on the matter. Scientists still don’t understand the full extent of the matter, and still are learning new facts about the brain. This insufficient knowledge of the effects restricts the effective treatment of the disorders because the medication used is to handle the symptoms, not to outright cure it, or at least weaken the disorder. The symptoms of the most common disorders are dangerous because the symptoms can cause permanent damage on the human body, or even kill someone. For example, clinical depression can lead to malnutrition, and even suicide. One of the possible treatments used over the past decades is Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD). LSD is a psychiatric drug that users and scientists who …show more content…
The United States needs to legalize LSD for at least research purposes since it can potentially help people dealing with mental illness. If the research reveals that LSD therapy can do more harm on a person than it’s worth, I’ll be for not allowing it to be used as a solution. However, the research done in other countries point to the direction of it potentially benefiting people in therapy. This fact alone is enough for scientists to push for the legalization of LSD for therapeutic purposes. Charles Grob, a University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) professor who leads psychedelic research, noted from his study that subjects he studied quality of life improved majorly after being given psilocybin, a different psychedelic drug. It lead to other scientists who follow Grob to advocate psychedelic drugs, such as LSD, to legalized to unlock any effective treatment for people