Over 30 million psychedelic users in the United States [v1; ref status: indexed, http://f1000r.es/w8]
We estimated lifetime prevalence of psychedelic use (lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), psilocybin (magic mushrooms), mescaline, and peyote) by age category using data from a 2010 US population survey of 57,873 individuals aged 12 years and older. There were approximately 32 million lifetime psychede...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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F1000 Research Ltd
2013-03-01
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| Series: | F1000Research |
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| Online Access: | http://f1000research.com/articles/2-98/v1 |
| Summary: | We estimated lifetime prevalence of psychedelic use (lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), psilocybin (magic mushrooms), mescaline, and peyote) by age category using data from a 2010 US population survey of 57,873 individuals aged 12 years and older. There were approximately 32 million lifetime psychedelic users in the US in 2010; including 17% of people aged 21 to 64 years (22% of males and 12% of females). Rate of lifetime psychedelic use was greatest among people aged 30 to 34 (total 20%, including 26% of males and 15% of females). |
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| ISSN: | 2046-1402 |