Microdosing LSD Is A Growing Silicon Valley Trend. But Does It Actually Work?

A flashback triggered by yesterday's "Blood Spore: Of murder and mushrooms", one of the all time great newspaper corrections.

Microdosing LSD Is A Growing Silicon Valley Trend. But Does It Actually Work?

From the Huffington Post, Sept. 3, 2018:

Researchers are launching one of the first ever placebo-controlled trials of microdosing to answer this very question.

A powerful distortion and alteration of perception, mood and cognitive function: The effects of taking larger amounts of psychedelic drugs like LSD and magic mushrooms are fairly well documented and understood. But when it comes to the growing trend of microdosing or taking very small quantities of these drugs on a regular basis, the science is hazy.

Anecdotally, people who microdose with psychedelics have claimed the drugs deliver a range of benefits such as heightened focus, productivity and creativity, as well as psychological and emotional well-being. The effects are apparently so positive that microdosing has been described as the “life hack du jour” in Silicon Valley, where the practice first gained widespread popularity.

Yet, despite the burgeoning interest in the technique, research into microdosing and its effects remain scarce...MORE

Old news. At least the fact the Valley is all up in that.
(as Miles Davis said in a different context)

See the Financial Times, over a year ago:

Corrections
Correction: LSD microdosing
August 11, 2017
• Drug microdosers use 10 microgrammes of LSD every three days, not 10 milligrammes as wrongly stated in an article in the Aug 12/13 FT Magazine.

Fortunately for anyone who took the 1000-times-larger amount, President Carter (a bit of a micro-manager) is still alive:

 

Maybe new news on the research bit though.