Microdosing Acid Doesn’t Have Any Benefits, Say Scientists With No Sense of Fun

Some drug researchers don't like fun and think that microdosing doesn't have any benefits.

A new study claims that there are no cognitive or performance-ehancing effects in people who take small amounts of drugs.

Researchers at the University of Chicago got funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the National Institute of Health and conducted a double-blind controlled study with one group that actually took acid.

One user noted that the active dosages appeared to be slightly above the average microdose. The study admitted that the low doses were safe for healthy volunteers, but they found that the practice produced mood and cognitive changes.

setting to be supervised… So like yeah, even if there was a chance of mild benefit to healthy people, you killed any chance of that right there.

— big rock big river, ms (they/them) (@bigrockbigriver) February 18, 2022

If addiction researchers are only looking at whether or not microdosing is dangerous or beneficial, they're not likely to find anything compelling in either direction.

While microdosing acid and psilocybin mushrooms have become hugely popular over the last decade, the fact remains that they have traditionally been used for spiritual or existential experiences.

It is possible that this finding suggests that LSD doesn't hack your brain into being more productive, but at least it is safe.

A placebo-controlled dose of LSD was used in a response study.

Silicon Valley CEO was fired for doing microdosing.

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