Fed Health Agency Funds $2.4M Study On Psychedelics Treatment For Meth Addiction
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is stepping up efforts to combat the rising tide of methamphetamine addiction by funding a $2.4 million study to explore the potential of psychedelics as a treatment.
According to Marijuana Moment, this five-year grant, provided by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), will support collaborative research by experts from the University of California San Diego (UCSD), Louisiana State University (LSU) Health Shreveport and the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW).
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Methamphetamine: A Worsening Crisis
This initiative comes in response to a sharp increase in meth-related deaths. Between 2015 and 2022, fatal overdoses involving meth and other psychostimulants rose nearly fivefold.
In 2022 alone, these substances claimed over 34,000 lives, a dramatic increase …