SYSK Selects: Can you Treat Mental Illness with Psychedelics?

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

4.5 • 82.8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2019

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Hallucinogenic drugs are currently illegal, but they were once commonly used in psychological treatment. In this classic episode, Josh and Chuck discuss the rise and fall of psychedelics in treating mood disorders -- and why they're starting to gain favor again.

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
0:05.7	That's why we launched The Big Take.
0:08.3	It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit
0:14.0	to give you some space to think.
0:16.4	I'm Wes Kosova.
0:17.7	Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.
0:23.6	Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.
0:30.8	Hey there everyone, it's me Josh.
0:32.5	And for this week's S.Y.S. Case Selects, I've chosen,
0:35.8	can we treat mental illness with psychedelics?
0:38.8	Spoiler alert, the answer is a big, big yes.
0:42.6	This is one of those neat pieces of history where things just kind of fell out of place for something important.
0:49.2	And we also have the rare luxury of seeing where it went wrong and exactly who was responsible.
0:56.0	So enjoy this really interesting episode of Stuff You Should Know.
1:02.0	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know, a production of I Heart Radio's House Stuff Works.
1:06.2	Whoa and welcome to the podcast.
1:14.2	I'm Josh Clark.
1:16.2	There's Charles Cheach Bryant.
1:18.4	Cheach, yeah man.
1:19.9	Yeah.
1:20.9	I wanted to start this one out like a 12 year old.
1:22.5	So that's what I'm going with.
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