Research ethics aspects of experimentation with LSD on human subjects: a historical and ethical review

Kristóf János Bodnár, Péter Kakuk

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In this paper our aim is to examine whether research conducted on human participants with LSD-25 (lysergic acid diethylamide) raises unique research ethical questions or demands particular concerns with regard to the design, conduct and follow-up of these studies, and should this be the case, explore and describe those issues. Our analysis is based on reviewing publications up to date which examine the clinical, research and other uses of LSD and those addressing ethical and methodological concerns of these applications, just as some historical examinations of this subject. The first chapters of the paper give an overview regarding the history of LSD-research with human participants, healthy volunteers and patients alike. The remaining chapters have a focus on questions regarding the potential ethical issues of such human trials in the contemporary research ethics framework. We also consider briefly political and regulatory issues regarding this substance that possibly affect its clinical and research applications.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)327-337
Number of pages11
JournalMedicine, Health Care and Philosophy
Volume22
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Jun 2019
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Clinical trial
  • LSD research
  • Lysergic acid diethylamide
  • Psychedelic research
  • Research ethics

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