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Can Psychedelic Drugs Reduce Criminal Behavior? Studies show that it does...
#26348259 - 11/27/19 10:22 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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This article is inside Medium's paywall.
https://medium.com/the-soul-tribe/can-psychedelic-drugs-reduce-criminal-behavior-a52f151032ad
Can Psychedelic Drugs Reduce Criminal Behavior? Studies show that it does, and that’s good news for the criminal justice system By Enrico Sayo
Other links from inside the story:
https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2018/crime-in-the-u.s.-2018/tables/table-29 http://www.ncjfcj.org/moral-reconation-therapy-mrt https://nsduhweb.rti.org/respweb/homepage.cfm (article with crime reduction statistics)
Criminal behavior is loosely defined as any kind of antisocial conduct punishable by law, considered to be a violation of social, moral, and traditional norms. Such kind of behavior has harmful effects on society and often found to be resistant to intervention.
In a 2018 FBI report, drug-related crimes and property crimes are among the top criminal offenses in the United States, comprising 16% and 11% of all arrests, respectively. Violent crimes such as murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault only accounts for 5% of offenses — but the cost to the society and suffering of the victims remains high.
Recidivism or the tendency of a convicted criminal to re-offend following release from prison is also quite alarming, with as much as 76.6% get re-arrested within five years of release.
Various interventions have been developed to reduce the likelihood of recidivism: employment programs, Moral Reconation Therapy, and cognitive-behavioral approaches all show little to no effect. Moreover, violent crime offenders are the least likely to complete treatments and most likely to re-offend after dropout.
Considering the implications of criminal behavior to society, novel and effective interventions need to be developed. Researchers have turned to psychedelics to explore this possibility. Effects of psychedelic use on criminal behavior
Previous studies have suggested the effectiveness of classic psychedelics in preventing criminal behavior.
Between the 1950s and 1970s, scientists have administered several LSD and psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy sessions to criminal offenders and reported positive effects. Improvements in empathy, insight, communication, and treatment engagement have been observed in most of the participants. Unfortunately, the legal prohibition of psychedelics and scarce funding has made it difficult for research to progress this area.
In the latest 2017 study, researchers looked into the relationship between lifetime use of psilocybin and classic psychedelics (DMT, LSD, ayahuasca, mescaline, peyote or San Pedro) with criminal behavior. Data was pooled from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), involving over 480,000 adult respondents from 2002 to 2014.
The researchers reported promising findings in this study, which suggest that psychedelics may be useful in discouraging criminal behavior. The results saw reduced odds of arrest and perpetration of the following offenses:
Larceny or theft: -27% Property crimes: -22% Violent crimes: -18% Assault: -12%
In contrast, the lifetime use of all other illicit substances increased the odds of criminal behavior and drug distribution.
The results of this study are consistent with many modern research suggesting that psychedelics may have lasting psychological and prosocial benefits. Final thoughts
It is essential to understand that the latest research, despite encouraging findings, has some limitations. For one, the results are based on a survey or self-reports by the study participants — not direct observations of the researchers. Self-reports are subject to response biases, which can affect the accuracy of the findings.
The researchers have also been unable to identify the mechanism of action of psychedelic drugs on antisocial behavior, which is expected since the study is not in a clinical setting. Moreover, there is no information on doses and frequency of psychedelic use that may have led to the reported prosocial benfits.
Research on psychedelics has seen a resurgence in the last couple of years, with a focus on exploring its potential in treating various mental conditions. Such studies are useful as many offenders suffer from comorbidities that elicit criminal behavior.
Should psychedelic-assisted therapy become an approved treatment option in the future, criminal offenders are likely good candidates for such an intervention. However, it is also my opinion that psychedelic-assisted therapy should be received with consent and not institutionally-mandated.
Overall, this study is a step in the right direction and has provided helpful insights on yet another potential benefit of psychedelic therapies.
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Re: Can Psychedelic Drugs Reduce Criminal Behavior? Studies show that it does... [Re: sonoramo] 1
#26348610 - 11/27/19 01:12 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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Yep...and alcohol, which fuels many, if not all of these types of crimes, is legal. Not to mention car accidents, cirrhosis, etc., etc.
Go figure.
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Re: Can Psychedelic Drugs Reduce Criminal Behavior? Studies show that it does... [Re: sonoramo]
#26349815 - 11/28/19 01:35 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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Maybe psychedelics treat mental illness which many people in the prison system have which might make them less likely to re-offend as a result of their better mental health.
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Re: Can Psychedelic Drugs Reduce Criminal Behavior? Studies show that it does... [Re: nooneman]
#26349842 - 11/28/19 02:04 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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Seems to me that psychedelics have a tendency to peak one's awareness of the world around them.
I have no doubts that psychedelic therapy for prisoners of various types could be beneficial in having 'moments of clarity,' so to speak. The concern that comes to my mind first is that the setting of prison would be a terrible place to experience this type of therapy with the sounds, smells, lighting, etc. I wonder how that could be addressed...to get the patients outdoors with something to look at besides fences.
Cheers to the pioneers pushing in these directions.
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Re: Can Psychedelic Drugs Reduce Criminal Behavior? Studies show that it does... [Re: susurrador]
#26349846 - 11/28/19 02:08 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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I bet if you took them out in the yard in small groups it would really drive home the realization that ‘we could be on the other side of that fence’. Outside would take on a whole new meaning and I bet a few of them would have a renewed intention on how they would conduct themselves. They would actually ‘see the prize’.
It would be really depressing when it’s time to go back in as the trip is wearing off. That night in their bunk I bet there would be a lot of reflection on what it is they’re doing with their lives.
The real sad thing is I don’t think the people who run that shit want people rehabilitated. It’s easier to not get invested and to just treat them like meal tickets. “Product”..
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Re: Can Psychedelic Drugs Reduce Criminal Behavior? Studies show that it does... [Re: Amanita86]
#26349957 - 11/28/19 05:30 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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Except for the people who treat psychedelics like just another abusable kind of drug. People who get pleasure out of things like IV 4aco and sniff 2ct2 for fun and then do some nitrous etc. or those that truly enjoy blasting off on dmt like everyday. It’s hard to keep this up with psilo or lsd, when I was younger I did mostly Mda, 2ce, and LSD, one of them, once a week or so. It was fun for a while but then my trips would have more and more guilt and negative emotions attached, as well as persistent visuals. 2ce was the worst for this but lsd absolutely would cause about a week of post-trip visuals. With 2ce they could last 2 months for me. Emotions like intense anger would trigger these visuals right away.
After that whole honeymoon period I became a blue moon sort of tripper. I also could not see tryps and psychedelic phens to be “drugs” the way stuff like opioids and cocaine are drugs. During that period was also (in my area) the oxycodone epidemic, I’d get 80s real cheap. Once I started doing that, cared about psychs less and less. But the day I finally finished day 5 of no oxy I had an amazing shroom trip, kind of to celebrate. that one was not “abuse” in my mind
PS people who are given adderall for adhd or methylphenidate and stick to their doses have significantly lower chances of developing addictions, according to studies. I can see that being true, probably cause you’re getting the dopamine that perhaps people prone to addictions may be lacking. I believe amphetamine hits some of the same areas as psychedelics do, which leads to some studies saying amp can cure treatment resistant depression
Also, if you’re sent to prison and you don’t feel a profound sense of loss when freedom is taken away, and don’t strive just to get freedom back (even if life outside sucks too), I cant even wrap my mind around that. Once a cell door closes on you, most people find themselves in a state of torture. If that’s not motivation enough, then there probably is some mental stuff going on
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Edited by Fractal420 (11/28/19 05:42 AM)
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Re: Can Psychedelic Drugs Reduce Criminal Behavior? Studies show that it does... [Re: Fractal420]
#26357727 - 12/02/19 06:42 PM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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Some people use while others abuse.
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