LSD Acid tests 麦角酸二乙基酰胺 迷幻药之考验 Research into hallucinogenic drugs begins to shake off decades of taboo 迷幻药物的研究开始摆脱几十年来的禁忌 THE psychedelic era of the 1960s is remembered for its music, its art and, of course, itsdrugs. 20世纪60年代是一个让人产生迷幻的年代,这个时代因它的音乐,它的艺术,当然还有它的毒品而被人记得。 Its science is somewhat further down the list. 而那个时候的科学在某种程度上则不太被人们熟知。 But before the rise of the counterculture, researchers had been studying LSD as a treatmentfor everything from alcoholism to obsessive-compulsive disorder , with promisingresults. 不过在反传统文化兴趣之前,随着有价值的研究成果的出现,研究者们则正在研究LSD作为一种治疗从酗酒到强迫症的方法。 Timothy Leary, a psychologist at Harvard University, was one of the best-known workers inthe field, but it was also he who was widely blamed for discrediting it, by his unconventionalresearch methods and his lax handling of drugs. 哈佛大学的心理学家蒂莫西?利瑞就是该领域最为知名的人士之一,不过他也因为其非传统的研究方法和他对对药物不严格的处理而让这个药物声名狼藉,进而广受诟病。 |