article_snippet: In the controversial study 20 British volunteers will be the first in the world to have 20 British volunteers brains scanned while high on LSD.
article_snippet: In the controversial study, 20 British volunteers will be the first in the world to have 20 British volunteers brains scanned while high on LSD .
article_snippet: the controversial study involved giving the volunteers injections of a 75 microgram dose of LSD before probing the activity of 20 British volunteers brains.
article_snippet: Professor Nutt said LSD was widely studied in the 1950s and 1960s and shown to be therapeutically useful in treating 'many conditions', in particular alcoholism.
article_snippet: Initial funding for the LSD study came from Imperial College and the Beckley Foundation, which promotes drug policy reform and research into the medical benefits of psychoactive substances.
article_snippet: Professor Nutt said LSD (a molecule of the drug is pictured) was widely studied in the 1950s and 1960s and shown to be therapeutically useful in treating 'many conditions', in particular alcoholism .
article_snippet: Dr Carhart-Harris said: 'This is the first LSD brain imaging study that's ever been conducted. '
highlights_snippet: Professor is also trying to reveal what the human brain looks like on LSD .
  