Americans from boardrooms to living rooms to pharmaceutical labs are becoming increasingly open and curious about the use of hallucinogenic drugs.
Also called psychedelics, hallucinogens such as LSD, ketamine, ecstasy, and psilocybin, or mushrooms, can give users a euphoric out-of-body experience along with myriad physical symptoms, including blurred vision, heart arrhythmia, vomiting, and cold sweats.
Katherine Keyes from Columbia and Megan Patrick from the University of Minnesota conducted a similar study from 2018 to 2021. Although LSD use among 19- to 30-year-olds remained relatively constant, non-LSD hallucinogen use nearly doubled during the four-year period, from 3.4% in 2018 to 6.6% in 2021.
The authors noted that although little is known about the addictive properties of most hallucinogens, patterns of dependency and other harmful consequences of long-term use may become more prevalent as they become increasingly accepted. One study from 2019, for example, found that ketamine had a “robust and rapid effect on depression, which was seen immediately after the administration of ketamine and sustained at the end of 1 month.”
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