I'm not sure of the benefits or detriments of microdosing psychedelics but a little research indicates this study should be taken with several large grains of s

I'm not sure of the benefits or detriments of microdosing psychedelics but a little research indicates this study should be taken with several large grains of salt, regardless of your opinion on this matter. First, the study size appears to be so small (about 20 people for placebo, and for each of the two dose regimens) that it's not really that indicative one way or the other. Second, reading through the journal's articles on Google Scholar definitely shows it has a bias towards the traditonal 'addictive and dangerous drugs' mentality such as alcohol, heroin, marijuana, cocaine, meth, etc. Interesting, a search for 'Adderall' turns up 1 result, and a search for 'methamphetamine' turns up 327 results on Google Scholar (using advanced search and limiting to this journal). Heroin gets 445 results, oxycodone gets 35 results. All in all this looks like a journal for researchers who approach the subject from an abuse-centric perspective, basically the Nancy Reagan approach to drug addiction issues. If you want a more balanced overview from a more general journal, try this: https://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2012.10200 https://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2012.10200 > "The powerful hallucinogen LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) has potential as a treatment for alcoholism, according to a retrospective analysis of studies published in the late 1960s and early 1970s. . . Of 536 participants in six trials, 59% of people receiving LSD reported lower levels of alcohol misuse, compared to 38% of people who received a placebo. “We were surprised that the effect was so clear and consistent,” says Krebs. She says that the problem with most studies done at that time was that there were too few participants, which limited statistical power. “But when you combine the data in a meta-analysis, we have more than 500 patients and there is definitely an effect,” she says. In general, the reported benefits lasted three to six months. Their findings are published today in the Journal of Psychopharmacology." Now does this address the best option for therapeutic use? Is one strong dose followed by therapy best for alcoholics? Could microdosing be a means for alcoholics to continue to resist the urge to drink over longer periods of time? Those sound like good topics to study. As far as those who want to use drugs and alcohol recreationally, vs. those who want to use the police and courts and prisons to enfore their view of what are the acceptable substances to ingest, I'll side with the former, though I'd advise them to adopt the "less is more" mentality.