I just hope you realize in part your comment is being down-voted to hell not because of your opinion, but due to a lack of critical thinking and good faith arg

I just hope you realize in part your comment is being down-voted to hell not because of your opinion, but due to a lack of critical thinking and good faith arguments. Consider even your first sentence “If you need drugs to become more open minded and empathetic...”, is a misstatement of the subject. The only question asked by the article and any commenter from what I can see is can you become a better person? I don’t know your religious leanings, but just probability tells us that they likely disagree with your premise that having a good “upbringing” is all it takes to become a person with no room for improvement. Likely your belief system encourages a lifetime of effort to improve these qualities. The question here is not about needing drugs. The point is most people would be interested in bettering themselves if possible. For thousands of years humans have pondered ways to do so, and they will naturally continue to consider possibilities to do so within a sea of possibilities. This article simply continues that tradition.