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Could LSD cut crime? Psychedelic drugs prevent criminals from re-offending, claims study
PUBLISHED: 12:34, 10 January 2014
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Psychedelic drugs could help to keep ex-offenders out of prison, new research suggests. U.S. scientists have found that drugs such as LSD and magic mushrooms could be used to help reform criminals under community correction supervision. It has previously been thought that LSD could be used to treat alcohol addiction, but the new research is the first in 40 years to suggest it could be used to stop criminals from re-offending.
- LSD could help reform criminals under community correction supervision
- Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, conducted the research
- Previous studies suggest the drugs could be used to treat alcohol addiction
Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, collected data about 25,622 people under community supervision between 2002 and 2007. All study participants were in the Treatment Accountability for Safer Communities (TASC) programme, for people with a history of drug abuse, including alcohol addiction, The Raw Story reported.
The researchers found that criminals diagnosed with a hallucinogen use disorder were less likely to fail the TASC programme, appear in court and be arrested and imprisoned, compared to those who did not have a history of taking the drugs. Just one per cent of people on the programme were diagnosed with a hallucinogen disorder, while heavy users of cocaine, cannabis and alcohol were the most common.
More: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...ic-drug-help-prevent-criminals-offending.html
