The number of young adults using non-LSD hallucinogens across the United States rose dramatically between 2018 to 2021, according to a new study by the University of Michigan and Columbia University.
Researchers in the study measured hallucinogen use among young adults aged between 19 to 30 years over a three-year period, interviewing 11,304 respondents on their use of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), as well as other hallucinogens as part of the Monitoring the Future study.
That ongoing study began in 1975 and is funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, which is part of the National Institutes of Health.
Researchers found that between 2018 and 2021, the use of LSD remained “relatively unchanged,” rising from 3.7 percent in 2018 to 4.2 percent in 2021….