Article: THE LSD PATIENTS; Hundred sue NHS over drugs given to beat depression.(News)

Article: NHS compensates LSD guinea pigs; But money is less ...
Wales On Sunday (Cardiff, Wales);  February 10, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... SHIPTON CHIEF REPORTER THE NHS has finally agreed to pay ... as guinea pigs and given LSD. Yet the amounts to be ... was brought against the NHS Litigation Authority ... Gwynedd, Bangor. The NHS LA has advised Dr Healy ... patients in Britain were given LSD in British hospitals between ...

Article: NHS sued over medical use of LSD
The Independent - London;  August 2, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... assessments carried out on the LSD patients, said they are seeking ... some people the effects of the LSD have been very traumatic. Some ... emotional and other problems. LSD was not a licensed drug, they ... Vizard Oldham who act for the NHS in the case, said: "We are ...

Article: Justice sought for LSD patients.(News)
Wales On Sunday (Cardiff, Wales);  June 2, 2002 ;     520 words ... ... action brought against the NHS Litigation Authority by ... ex-patients were given LSD at a time when it was believed ... in compensation and the NHS refused to accept liability ... solicitors acting for the NHS Litigation Authority have ... only 16 when I was given LSD and have suffered terribly ...

Article: Drug watchdog calls for ecstasy and LSD to be downgraded
Evening Standard - London;  November 22, 2006 ;     609 words ...ECSTASY and LSD should be downgraded from class ... system of classification, MDA, LSD and ecstasy probably shouldn ... concern in the Seventies that LSD might lead to severe and widespread ... to be prescribed drugs on the NHS to stop them committing crime ...

Article: Tobacco and alcohol 'are more dangerous than LSD' ; HOME
The Independent - London;  March 23, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... illegal drugs including the hallucinogen LSD and the dance drug ecstasy, according to ... drugs as they do cause the most harm. But LSD and ecstasy come close to bottom of the ... communities and society [such as crime and NHS costs]. Each was given an overall harm ...

Article: Tobacco and alcohol 'are more dangerous than LSD'
Belfast Telegraph;  March 23, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... ranked as class A drugs as they do cause the most harm. But LSD and ecstasy come close to bottom of the league in terms of harm ... effect on families, communities and society [such as crime and NHS costs]. Each was given an overall harm score by two separate ...

Article: LSD: A Potent Trip; Acid's Effects Are Still a Stunning ...
The Washington Post;  September 24, 1991 ;     700+ words ... ... Sixties through the "Just Say No" Eighties, LSD has always led a double life. To both devotees ... elements of both. The best description of an LSD trip, said Daniel X. Freedman, a psychiatrist and pioneer in LSD research, is the one he heard repeatedly ...