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As psychedelic drugs such as LSD gain new momentum as treatments for severe post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression and even headaches, a University at Buffalo researcher is exploring safety education for recreational users.

Daniel Kruger, Ph.D., a research associate professor in the School of Public Health and Health Professions, looked back more than half a century for best practices in harm reduction.

In the 1960s, when Harvard psychology lecturer and psychedelics proponent Timothy Leary was advising people to "turn on, tune in, and drop out," a young Radcliffe College graduate was quietly focused on another aspect of hallucinogens—safety.

Lisa Bieberman, who had been a Leary follower, established the Psychedelic Information Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In February 1967, she published a $1 pamphlet, "Session Games People Play: A Manual for the Use of LSD," which recommended best practices for using all types of psychedelics, especially for first-timers. She also addressed what might go wrong during an LSD or psilocybin ("magic") mushroom trip.

"Bieberman highlights a number of games that may be better avoided during an LSD session, such as running away from your companions and believing that you have unlocked the deepest truths of the universe and need to tell the world about them," Kruger says.

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