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In the trials of psychedelic therapy matthew oram traces the early promise and eventual demise of lsd psychotherapy in the united states while the common perception is that lsds prohibition terminated legitimate research oram draws on files from the food and drug administration and the personal papers of lsd researchers to reveal that the . After one chapter recapping lsd research during the 1950s oram concentrates on treatment research that combined lsd with psychotherapy from 1962 to 1976 in a fine case study he discusses in detail the acid projects at spring grove state hospital in catonsville maryland. In contrast to familiar accounts of a rapid government crackdown on the drug matthew orams the trials of psychedelic therapy lsd psychotherapy in america describes the conclusion of scientific research on psychedelics as a quiet death of gradual bureaucratic cuts 183 psychedelic therapy is a treatment that by definition involves . Yet despite this success lsd officially remained an experimental drug only research into its effects psychological and otherwise dwindled before coming to a close in the 1970s in the trials of psychedelic therapy matthew oram traces the early promise and eventual demise of lsd psychotherapy in the united states while the common . It is in this context that matthew oram has published the trials of psychedelic therapy lsd psychotherapy in america in this meticulous account oram traces the history of medical research into the use of lysergic acid diethylamide lsd in the treatment of mental disorders in post world war ii america