The hallucinogenic drug known as l. S. D. Is making a comeback but only in very small doses the effects are barely perceptible. Still many users report a positive experience. Just feel a little bit happier you feel a little bit lighter if youre a little bit more open you have a little bit more energy a little more coggan leave like on top of things. L. S. D. Has helped some people to deal effectively with psychological problems. Which ones are not soliciting money im going to talk. Until i believe that l. S. D. Saved my life it gave me hope again. Many users say that l. S. D. Has allowed them to rediscover themselves. But this process can sometimes produce strong emotions. I feel as hip grab. But thats the smile your good self thats the very person i saw when i looked at the mirror as a child and he said okeefe ive been looking for you this whole tonight. But the use of psychedelic substances can also end in tragedy. For a number of different reasons. Steve dont lose you dont know where these drugs came from what theyre made of or how much youre taking the bus and just about provokes the. Diabolical drug miracle cure or is it simply a matter of dosage. In a kitchen somewhere in berlin this young man is preparing ice cubes that are laced with l. S. D. Lists wilson is listed as i put in 2 drops of liquid l. S. D. 12 micrograms per tube so if we call them poor thats a pleasant microtones look at all since. Weve agreed not to use the mans real name well call him bynoe. In higher doses l. S. D. Can cause hallucinations. But then no is using just 12 micrograms per cube a fraction of the amount that some people use to get high for several hours. Thats not the sort of trip hes looking for. Says that a micro dose of l. S. D. Will produce an enjoyable experience. I feel more awake my mind is clearer im more focused and my overall performance improves homes simpleton for another. Then no ignores the fact that the possession of l. S. D. Is illegal in germany. He buys his drugs from a dealer he consumes about 10 euro is worth per month like many other people who micro dose he uses the for just a few weeks and then takes a break for several months hes confident that he wont become addicted. The mice nor the doing to our parents and most people who end up holed are looking for an escape and if they want to feel numb or to get a euphoric high for a while. Thats not what i want to listen to but i wouldnt get in any way with such a small dose and solace for them. After 3 quarters of an hours sometimes up to 2 hours then no experiences a change in his consciousness. Mexico do you start feeling really good more like yourselves but you feel rested and motivated off like youre having a great day this week of the hour. Well talk to ben or later to find out how hes doing. For this film we interviewed several other people who micro dos they all know that using l. S. D. Is illegal. Thats why weve agreed not to show their faces. By this disaster mass ours would be to have the hardest time i tried it i noticed a very subtle effect after half an hour that things were a little more intense and that was my focus back on simply. Because of images is an absolute dismissal it was a groundbreaking experience and a turning point in my life is mark good more me micro dosing is like taking medicine if you can follow me to see. This is also the start of guts but on the on days when im expected to do a lot of work it really helps me to focus on them so that one of michaels not a micro dose i feel like im switched on the whole day im get kinda pissed. Steel was created in 1938 by Albert Hoffman a swiss scientist who was trying to develop a respiratory and circulatory stimulant. Both men worked with substances that included a green fungus called arrogant. He was the 1st to synthesize lysergic acid diethylamide or l. S. D. For short. In april 19th 4031. 00 tested a high dose of 250. 00 micrograms and experience the 1st l. S. D. Trip in history later the Pharmaceutical Company sandoz his employer marketed the drug under the trade name jealousy and claimed it could successfully treat a number of psychiatric problems. In the 1960 s. Steve found its way from the laboratory to the streets. A german news Program Reported on the drugs rise in 1906. Done a few anyone who takes the becomes intoxicated and you never see life the same way again. Benno certainly doesnt feel intoxicated right now hes in a good mood a micro dose of l. S. D. Has become part of his everyday life. He uses the drug at work and during his free time. List which is your i dont feel high at all i hardly notice the effects. Just but its just kind of there but its a good feelings and through a drive in the car to hobble. My house with some flooded sort of like the way you feel when you come back from vacation or. Just your a laxness and you can still ignore the stress of everyday life. Then i started micro dosing 5 years ago his goal. Realisation and personal optimization. He says l. S. D. Makes it easier for him to set priorities and carry out tasks he believes the drug can help him stay focused when hes stressed out. Pushed a little too much often and for example when im in a new situation and im afraid i cant handle it l. S. D. Helps me to concentrate on i feel better and have more confidence field of them most of which were true last move. But its a fine line between personal optimization and loss of control large doses of l. S. D. Can cause paranoia anxiety and impaired judgment benno is unfazed. Micro dosing as a phenomenon originated in San Francisco in Silicon Valley where its viewed as an insiders tip to enhance performance and creativity. Paul austin has become something of a micro dosing guru. Hes the founder and c. E. O. Of an organization that advocates the use of psychedelics as a means of personal development and collective wellbeing. I think one of the shes yet to educate people about the benefits and the potential risks of not only my critters here but then the weeks ago. More than anything im a teacher i teach people about my courtesy to teach people generally about psychedelics and i like to like approach them in terms of where theyre at and just help guide them further along in terms of you know what they need to learn about the substance of. Austins organization is called the 3rd wave a reference to the use of psychedelics over centuries. The organizes seminars and online courses to educate people about the responsible use of these drugs they are. These are. Thats attract people who care and want to look more and want to be part of something its very rare that you have someone who comes to these events who is anti psychedelic or anti micro to see so that energy here is like its myself because its usually very positive and supportive and like opening curious. And thats just refreshing compared to most people most places. So one question i want to start with as little everyone here done psychedelics. Austin doesnt need to win anyone over most are here to find out more about these drugs and about micro dosing for us to show but he warns that buying l. S. D. In the u. S. And many other western countries is illegal 1st. Its usually best practice not to try to get drugs at an event like this so although we have a psychedelic website we are putting out of this is not a great place to actively pursue that this is a great place to build connections and build relationships with this but attitudes are changing for example the position of silis ive been mushrooms has been decriminalized in several u. S. Cities. More and more people seem to be trying these drugs. You have people from every walk of life who are marketers and from College Students in the midwest to stay at home moms in california to tech executives in new york to people who are retired who you know live on farms in new zealand you literally have people from all walks of life were becoming interested in this its not just limited to tech executives in Silicon Valley who are micro to see where the list. Is convinced that legal restrictions on the sale and possess. Of l. S. D. In the us will eventually be lifted he wont have to worry about being arrested when he uses it. Austin has soaked a small shred of cardboard with the liquid micro dose of the drug. Hes not too concerned about administering an exact amount. When im mike reducing i dont worry about that as much because ive been doing acid now for 9 years and so i tend to have a pretty good thats a little bit too a little bit too much i can handle it and kind of go with it and just go with the flow. After austin has taken a dose of l. S. D. He enjoys Walking Around outside in the forest or at the seashore. The effects of the drug with this amount are mild but pleasant. To good feel happy like euphoric i feel. Just my sense of touch my sense of smell everythings a little bit high and more sensitive to like everything thats going on around me so. I feel great and feel really good. In the us the use of l. S. D. Has become popular among a well educated and professionally successful demographic. This is the group to paul austin is targeting with his Business Model and his Public Information campaign. The drugs that ive chosen to use happen to be highly illegal. And yet thats a key word there not yet except a culturally but they will be very soon and i just happen to be one of the pioneers who stalking about this in a more public way. Austin is always on the lookout for new investors here is money from online courses which started 49. 00 each and personalized coaching sessions at just under 400. 00 per half hour. I want to welcome you to the 1st video that were doing ready for ready this tour with ready my thesis courses community and your instructor ready. His goal is to legitimize the responsible use of psychedelic substances starting with my criticizing. The best way to calibrate your dose level d is to start low and go slow so typical might be what hes in a legal gray area. Thing with the 3rd wave is you know we dont sell drugs we only sell information so were just creating the space about people if they make that decision to do it we can do it safely and effectively but in terms of actually crossing any sort of legal issue were very careful about you know what we do because psychedelics still you know are very legal in this country. In 2011 psychologist and researcher james fadam and published a book which claimed that ultra low doses of psychedelic drugs can improve cognitive functioning emotional balance and physical stamina. I have to call the gob a cop or a biker dosage which is more of the music that embarrassing i would say that i rediscovered by criticizing through more mistakes that wisdom but in discovering it i found something that people found generally safe and for many people useful. For them and began his research on these substances in the 1960 s. He says that the purpose of micro dosing is not mind bending intoxication but the enhancement of normal functionality. Micro dosing is. Far and away the most boring form of consuming psychedelics no visions no angels no being eaten by snakes no seeing all of your relatives for 15 generations no becoming one with all humanity and with all matter and finding you were part of divinity none of that. In the mid 1960 San Francisco became the epicenter of the countercultural movement. The use of Illegal Drugs was widespread in 1967 tens of thousands of young people flocked to the city to experience a summer of love and many had their 1st acid trip here. The movement in the sixtys wanted to create a counterculture they wanted to create something that was opposite of mainstream culture where us today we want to interview psychedelics into mainstream culture to actually transform culture itself. Many young people taking l. S. D. Felt liberated from social constraints. But for some the use of hallucinogens ended in bad trips and overdoses. In the us banned l. S. D. In 1970 and a u. N. Treaty that outlawed psychotropic substances was approved a year later. High doses are different world and are scary and take preparation and take a full day out of your busy life micro sing is something that you do as part of your life it doesnt interfere it actually in your improves your normal behavior. But there is no conclusive Clinical Evidence to support fatimas claims he recommends that a micro dose should be taken only once everything. 3 days so that the body doesnt develop a tolerance for the drug. Fetterman has conducted a survey on his website in which he asks micro dozers to comment on their use of psychedelics. Most of the 1600 responses were positive but how credible are these testimonials. It sounds like a wonder drug as long as youre thinking of it as a pharmaceutical because how could something both be interesting for migraines for depression and change peoples eating habits so they eat healthier that makes no sense at all from a pharmaceutical point of view so what were seeing is micro dosing seems to increase the bodys Natural Healing capacity. To german micro dozers we interviewed would agree with that assessment. John winston talking at us on some days i feel like ive been given a super power because im fine its like a small tool that gives you huge energy a light as a source of food i didnt. Use me creative insights and abilities that i wouldnt normally have some stuff in my minds exposed and which has just. Given so much to all the men who when im at work it definitely helps me to concentrate im wide awake and more focused and concentrate on. The go to c. N. N. Michael jackson allows me to focus more quickly and ignore all the stuff thats not impose and. It really helps me to concentrate as have met at a concert thats the one these need a lot of. This is a guns line of fire you know and it gives me a very subtle sense of relaxation you dont come on do worse mike with micro dosing allows me to get in touch with myself my body and my feelings im come up on mine for. But is there Scientific Evidence to support such claims or these people simply imagining that a micro dose of l. S. D. Improves their performance. We travel to the netherlands to find out more. At the university of maastricht we need your harness trauma care is a professor of psychopharmacology. Is conducting one of the 1st lead based studies on my croteau sing. Nobody has actually been able to assess whether this claim is true or false right now we have produced being presented with a case reports of individuals that support the claim but object of evidence of whether such a tiny dose because it really is a tie and it goes really has a positive effect as not being a step just. Gave the test participants 510 or 20 micrograms of l. S. D. He wanted to determine the short term effects that the various doses would have. So far he believes that small amounts pose no serious risks. In general psychedelics are relatively harmless in the sense that do not produce any toxic effects on physiological parameters or als health so in that respect they are really safe. But at the same time psychedelic plays around with our minds and thats where the potential risks can be found but this is particularly true for when people use high doses years to. Be a man and it was born in. The participants were given either l. S. D. Or a placebo and within tested over a 24 hour period dramas and his team showed how the micro doses affected the subjects mood create. To vittie concentration and general sensitivity. To smallest those produced no effects. But the researchers noticed a change 10 micrograms. But this a burns are reported as small increase and there are more its a part of particularly positive moods. Evens owed is increase was not a very big. As you would not expect also for a micro dose it was very consistent i know the currents directly off the intake of them i could always and not lost it for as long as the drug is actually active so for a number of for about 10 hours or so. The study found that the micro dose helped the participants to concentrate better but it did not make them more creative. These results are only preliminary in further research will be required. Also run occurs once to find out how micro dosing would affect test subjects over a period of several weeks. But he advises that the results will probably show than my current osing is not a miracle cure and as some have claimed. To expect out of my could always sell to convert your into the next a Nobel Prize Winner michael dose is not one of those and the changes that it produces by definition will be mild so a person that is not creative will not become creative. But some micro dozers are not interested in improving their performance productivity or creativity. They use l. S. D. To treat depression. You leon is studying for his doctorate degree in chemistry. This. Union has battled severe depression for 7 years. When at least the. British much on l. S. D. I probably wouldnt be here right now veterans are nuts and astrology saved my life. And i for one so that helps to our store my sense of hopelessness. After 4 or 5 years of despair your friend and i suppose you could. Tried everything to combat his depression including psychotherapy alternative medicine hypnosis and antidepressants. But nothing. And he was desperate to find a solution. Doesnt simpson write a sentence about 2017 was the worst for him because i thought seriously several times about suicide. And just giving up this eternal struggle and from there so i gave him and says i asked myself what i was getting out of life death and and the answer was nothing infamous also for it. And then discovered psychedelics some friends in the netherlands introduced him to truffles laced with l. S. D. And for the 1st time in years he felt better. Later he found that micro dosing helped to relieve his depression symptoms and their father was nicholas force making it hard to gone through some really tough times but i envisioned for lots of it and there were days when i didnt even get out of bed and i had no motivation at all those microphones and what micro dosing gave me a new home and. It showed me that life really was worth living and help me to start enjoying things again. Mature game even as and when i was much more aware of my surroundings and i was able to get in touch with that minus in concert. Yulian spoke to his psychologist about micro dosing but she couldnt prescribe l. S. D. Therapy because the drug is illegal in germany. And in switzerland where else do you was discovered 80 years ago scientists are studying whether the drug can be used effectively to treat depression. At the Psychiatric University Hospital in zurich researchers are studying the effects that this drug has on the human body. Test participants are given a full dose of l. S. D. Not a micro dose and the medical staff monitors their reactions. They found that the drug changes more than s