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LSD - Addiction potential: Encyclopedia II - LSD - Addiction potential

LSD is not considered addictive, in that its users do not exhibit the medical community's commonly accepted definitions of addiction and physical dependence. Rapid tolerance build-up prevents regular use, and there is cross-tolerance shown between LSD, mescaline and psilocybin. This tolerance diminishes after a few days' abstention from use. Some experts hypothesize that drugs such as LSD can be used in psychotherapy as a sort of anti-drug (encouraging users to stop using drugs), as it forces the user to face issues and problems in th ...

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LSD: Encyclopedia II - LSD - Addiction potential

LSD - Addiction potential

LSD is not considered addictive, in that its users do not exhibit the medical community's commonly accepted definitions of addiction and physical dependence. Rapid tolerance build-up prevents regular use, and there is cross-tolerance shown between LSD, mescaline and psilocybin. This tolerance diminishes after a few days' abstention from use.

Some experts hypothesize that drugs such as LSD can be used in psychotherapy as a sort of anti-drug (encouraging users to stop using drugs), as it forces the user to face issues and problems in that individual's psyche ^{[citation needed]}. They believe that, in contrast, many other drugs (alcohol, heroin, and cocaine) are used to escape from reality. Studies in the 1950s in using LSD to treat alcoholism professed a 50% success rate, higher than one estimate of a 5% success rate for Alcoholics Anonymous. ^{[citation needed]} [12].

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