Tagged: alcoholism

3:13pm

Fri March 9, 2012
Shots - Health Blog

LSD gets another look as alcoholism treatment

Originally published on Fri March 9, 2012 1:48 pm

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You might be tempted to chuckle about some Norwegian researchers peering back at experiments done during the '60s and '70s with LSD as a treatment for alcoholism.

But don't.

Their rigorous analysis, combining data from six different studies, concludes that one dose of the hallucinogenic drug might just help.

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9:05am

Mon January 23, 2012
Housing the homeless

Seattle housing that allows drinking helps homeless drink less

Originally published on Mon January 23, 2012 8:09 am

Most housing set up to help the homeless comes with a strict no-booze policy.

But a study on a controversial complex in Seattle that allows chronic alcoholics to keep drinking suggests the lenient approach can work too.

Homeless people with alcohol problems decreased their consumption over two years at the facility, called 1811 Eastlake. The average amount of alcohol consumed on a typical drinking day by the 95 study participants had decreased by about 25 percent at the end of the two-year study.

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