content: Perhaps, but these treatments were a long time coming and had to cross some very difficult hurdles to be approved. LSD, for example, has been known to be effective in treatment of alcoholism for a very long time. One of the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous believed it had great potential for treatment back in 1956. The FDA and the DEA have been blocking research into this for decades. I think the medical cartels wanted a piece of the pie. It's the same reason behind 'Marinol', synthetic THC.