Apr 19, 2020 18:00:00

It turned out that you can get high and psychedelic experience only with the placebo effect

In the treatment of illnesses and clinical trials, we may prescribe 'placebos', which have no effect, as if they are effective drugs. It is called the

placebo effect that the effect appears on patients and subjects despite using placebo, but in a new study, people who were prescribed a placebo of a hallucinogen said, 'I am high'. It was found that the answer was 'Moved' 'Gravity is getting stronger'.

Tripping on nothing: placebo psychedelics and contextual factors | SpringerLink
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00213-020-05464-5

The placebo effect and psychedelic drugs: tripping on nothing? | Newsroom-McGill University
https://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/news/placebo-effect-and-psychedelic-drugs-tripping-nothing-321373

People Can Experience Psychedelic Effects From Taking a Placebo, Study Shows
https://www.sciencealert.com/people-can-experience-psychedelic-effects-from-taking-only-placebos-study-suggests

Researchers at McGill University in Canada recruited 33 subjects under the pretext of investigating how a hallucinogen called iprosin affects human creativity. The subject was said to have been given a psychedelic painting on the wall, an art movie shown, illuminated with colorful lights, gathered in a room with a bead cushion on the floor, and given a hallucinogen. Then, they had them experience a 'trip' in a room where researchers in white coats observe on their side.

However, at this time, the drug given to all the subjects was a 'placebo drug' that had no actual effect. It was one of the productions that researchers were wearing white coats, and it was said that actors were gathered in the room to pretend to be a drug party.

The experiment was conducted in a situation where everything was lying, but in a questionnaire during the experiment, 61% of the subjects answered that they 'feel the effects of the drug' such as lightheadedness, changes in pictures, relaxation, uplifting, and nausea. One subject described his experience in considerable detail, 'I was pressed down by gravity and I was pressed down, and there was someone in my head. Specifically, I was in the back of my head.'

'I didn't feel anything until I saw this picture, but it was moving. Not only was the color changing, it was moving. It was changing its shape.' Also.

Of course, not all people were fooled by 'I'm getting high on my hallucinogens.' 40% of all respondents said, 'I felt almost nothing during the experiment.'

However, researchers rate it as 'notable' because many people were tricked into getting high. 'To our knowledge, this is the highest change ever reported of a trip experience with a placebo drug,' he says.

The purpose of this study was not to fool subjects with placebo drugs, but to investigate a phenomenon called 'contact euphoria'. Contact euphoria is when a calm person who comes into contact with a person who ingests a drug experiences a psychogenic “trip”. It is possible that contact euphoria is close to the placebo effect shown in this study and is caused by physical and social settings.

In recent years, such drugs have been used for the treatment of mental illness, but it is thought that the placebo effect can also be used for treatment if the results of this study are developed.

`` Given the fact that hallucinogens have come to be used to treat depression and anxiety, a researcher, Jay Olson said, `` By using factors such as physical and social settings, drugs can be made extremely low. Treatment can be started by using it in doses, which makes the drug safer to use. '

In addition, the participants of the study said that they were laughed rather than shocked when they were revealed after the experiment. The subject, who responded 'he is definitely high', asked, 'Where can I get this placebo drug?'