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The problem is that LSD is a Schedule I substance in the US. This means that it cannot even be tested for medical efficacy, because it is totally banned. For reference, methamphetamine is a Schedule II substance and is legally sold under the trade name Desoxyn. We don't know if LSD, or cannabis, or MDMA, or psilocybin mushrooms are useful therapeutically because nobody is allowed to test it since they're all Schedule I.
How's that "war on drugs" working out? Seems like the drugs are winning.
Incoming rant...
Maybe people wouldn't be so keen to get fucked up and zonked out of their minds if maybe society wasn't a fucking hell world. Perhaps the escapism that drugs produce isn't really the problem. Perhaps the drugs aren't even the problem. Perhaps the problem is that people are objectified for their entire lives, used and abused, and made to be nothing more than cogs in a machine to make the wealthy even more wealthy. In return they get barely enough to even survive, while their bosses buy a third vacation home and a boat. Perhaps doing drugs is a necessary cope for how absolutely shitty life is for the average person. If we want to win the "war on drugs," then maybe we should make sure people have access to healthcare, housing, healthy food, and clean water. Or we could just do this shit, where fuck it, you're on your own, and then wonder why people get all fucked up on drugs.