Psychedelic drugs, associated with the 1960s, are now treating depression and anxiety.

LSD Gets Another Look | Full Report Retro Report on PBS

Premiered October 14, 2019
LSD Gets Another Look | Full Report

Today psychedelic drugs are back in the lab,  providing hope for people who suffer from anxiety, depression, and even addiction. LSD has long been associated with 1960s counterculture. But long before it hit the streets, LSD was being studied as a treatment in psychiatry.

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Retro Report on PBS

Retro Report makes sense of the present by revealing the past. Join journalists Celeste Headlee and Masud Olufani as they connect the present to the past through four distinct and varied stories, and New Yorker humorist Andy Borowitz adds his signature wit.

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