Stroke and Adverse Effects on The Immune and Cardiovascular Systems: The Danger of the Rise and Use of Psychedelic Drugs for Depression and PTSD

Abstract

Depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), in the past two decades, has been a growing problem among adults and our youth. For hundreds, if not thousands of years, plant-based psychedelic drugs, such as psilocybin and peyote, have been utilized for medical purposes by numerous native tribal people As early as 1950, lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), a synthetic mood-altering drug, a report was published that this drug and other psychedelics could be useful in the treatment of psychological and psychiatric problems [1].