Death is a possible consequence of barbiturate withdrawal if the condition is left untreated.
Some individuals legitimately use anabolic steroids to help with certain types of anemia and to help men who cannot naturally produce enough testosterone.
Most LSD which can be purchased in the United States is produced in illicit laboratories, with only a minute amount of the drug being legally manufactured for use in research.
LSD research conducted in the 50's and 60's tried to find the potential therapeutic properties of the "psychedelic" LSD experience in relation to being able to help patients that were dying of terminal illnesses to be able to accept death.