How LSD Changed Our Understanding of the Mind 🧠

LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) was first synthesized in 1938, and its effects were discovered accidentally in 1943.

✅ It binds to serotonin (5-HT2A) receptors, altering perception
✅ Triggers vivid hallucinations, time distortion, and ego dissolution
✅ Currently being studied for depression, PTSD, addiction

📚 Sources:
• Nichols, Pharmacological Reviews, 2016
• Carhart-Harris et al., PNAS, 2016
• NIH: Psychedelics in Mental Health Research

💡 A banned substance with a complicated — and possibly therapeutic — history.

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