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> Mushrooms seem to be even safer than pot Physically perhaps.. Psychologically I'm not so sure.. They've usually been a more middle class bourgeois sort of

by cat199 9y ago

> Mushrooms seem to be even safer than pot Physically perhaps.. Psychologically I'm not so sure.. They've usually been a more middle class bourgeois sort of drug - start making them one of the choices for a 'quick high' at the corner drugstore and I could see this not ending up so well - esp considering there are a lot of mentally unstable people on the streets with hampered intellect/self-control issues..

Chathamization 9y ago
> Physically perhaps.. Psychologically I'm not so sure.. I mean, they can both give pretty unpleasant experiences when taken in too high a dose. Here's a journalist writing about their experience after eating a cannabis candy bar in Colorado[1]: > I felt a scary shudder go through my body and brain. I barely made it from the desk to the bed, where I lay curled up in a hallucinatory state for the next eight hours. I was thirsty but couldn't move to get water. Or even turn off the lights. I was panting and paranoid, sure that when the room-service waiter knocked and I didn't answer, he'd call the police and have me arrested for being unable to handle my candy. > I strained to remember where I was or even what I was wearing, touching my green corduroy jeans and staring at the exposed-brick wall. As my paranoia deepened, I became convinced that I had died and no one was telling me. I don't think this justifies making psilocybin or marijuana illegal, however. I do think it justifies regulating what products get sold to people (for instance, we'd never allow something that is called hard cider and tastes like hard cider but is 80% alcohol). [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/04/opinion/dowd-dont-harsh-our-mellow-dude.html https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/04/opinion/dowd-dont-harsh-o...
ada1981 9y ago
There was a study published recently that found they were the safest recreational drug. I haven't verified the methodology in detail, but first pass it seemed legit. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/may/23/study-hallucinogenic-mushrooms-safest-recreational-drug-lsd https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/may/23/study-halluc...

by cat199 9y ago

Chathamization 9y ago

> Physically perhaps.. Psychologically I'm not so sure.. I mean, they can both give pretty unpleasant experiences when taken in too high a dose. Here's a journalist writing about their experience after eating a cannabis candy bar in Colorado[1]: > I felt a scary shudder go through my body and brain. I barely made it from the desk to the bed, where I lay curled up in a hallucinatory state for the next eight hours. I was thirsty but couldn't move to get water. Or even turn off the lights. I was panting and paranoid, sure that when the room-service waiter knocked and I didn't answer, he'd call the police and have me arrested for being unable to handle my candy. > I strained to remember where I was or even what I was wearing, touching my green corduroy jeans and staring at the exposed-brick wall. As my paranoia deepened, I became convinced that I had died and no one was telling me. I don't think this justifies making psilocybin or marijuana illegal, however. I do think it justifies regulating what products get sold to people (for instance, we'd never allow something that is called hard cider and tastes like hard cider but is 80% alcohol). [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/04/opinion/dowd-dont-harsh-our-mellow-dude.html https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/04/opinion/dowd-dont-harsh-o...

ada1981 9y ago

There was a study published recently that found they were the safest recreational drug. I haven't verified the methodology in detail, but first pass it seemed legit. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/may/23/study-hallucinogenic-mushrooms-safest-recreational-drug-lsd https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/may/23/study-halluc...