Altering perceptions: Good outcomes from “club drugs”?
February 27th, 2007 Posted by: Dr. Cox
John H. Halpern, MD, associate director of substance abuse research at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Mass., was researching the long-term consequences of hallucinogen use among American Indians when he noticed something. Many of his subjects’ experiences were positive, and he became part of a select group of researchers who chose to investigate whether certain controlled substances — drugs bought and sold on the sly at nightclubs and parties or on the street — could, under the right circumstances and in the hands of trained medical professionals, benefit patients.
Much of this work has regulatory approval. Some has government funding.