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Now that mainstream club drugs such as MDMA, Ketamine, and LSD/Magic Mushrooms are finding their way into therapeutic usage. I'm wondering if and how government
by kasperni 7y ago
Now that mainstream club drugs such as MDMA, Ketamine, and LSD/Magic Mushrooms are finding their way into therapeutic usage. I'm wondering if and how governments will change the
current narrative about "all drugs are bad for you".
Edit: I'm not advocating recreational drug usage. Just saying, that if mum is on magic mushrooms and studies like these have established safety dosage and clear therapeutic benefits. You can't really tell your teenager that they are going to go crazy if they try some.
- mikelyons 7y agoMDMA, Ketamine and LSD sure, but mushrooms have been in use for spirituality far longer than mainstream clubs have even been a concept.
- kasperni 7y agoRight, but they haven't been classified as an illegal drug in most countries until recently.
- scarejunba 7y agoAnd K started with medical use.
- warent 7y agoAs long as it's popular understand and opinion of drugs, then ultimately democratic/representative governments are going to have to start changing the narrative if they want to stay in office
- vmchale 7y agoI don't think Psilocybin mushrooms or LSD are used as a club drug.
- kasperni 7y agoI think it depends on the definition, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club_drug https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club_drug includes them
- robertfw 7y agoPerhaps not club, but most definitely festival
- Starkus 7y agoOf course they are, all the time
- scarejunba 7y agoThey're a party drug for sure. LSD is great for festivals, and though I've never done shrooms, I know my friends have gone to shows on them. In fact, I'd say LSD is used more as a party drug than it is used for anything else.
- tnecniv 7y agoI don't know about that. All my psychonaut friends would rather lay out in a field in the sun than hit the club on a trip. Festivals are different though.
- KennyCason 7y agoIt also certainly depends on dose. I know after my first experiences my initial thought was that there was no why in hell I’d try that at a festival, but then I saw so many people/friends doing it and decided to give it a try. Was definitely mind blowing.
- partyboat1586 7y agoWhere are you getting this from? The only psychedelic I've ever seen people take before clubbing is 2CB. Festivals are different because there is lots of space. Clubs are too compact and contained for LSD, can make people claustrophobic.
- SmirkingRevenge 7y agoOh they are for sure, they are a big part of club/electronic music culture (both for the producers of said music, and the listeners) - or at least have been in the past - I'm sure trends change.
- sneak 7y agoThere is an entire genre of club/nighttime music called “acid”, fwiw.
- trekrich 7y agoThey wont change it, as they will be paid lots of lobbying money to not change it.
- globular-toast 7y agoYes. Unlike alcohol, there is very little money in those drugs. Most of them aren't even addictive!
- trekrich 7y agoYep, and big pharma dont want people having access to cheap non addictive drugs. It not good for their shareholders. I could never work at a drugs company.
- tempsy 7y agoUhh would definitely never recommend taking LSD or shrooms to go clubbing.
- yellow_lead 7y agoAfter Snowden's revelations, I also wondered if the government would change it's practices.
- JumpCrisscross 7y ago> I'm wondering if and how governments will change the current narrative about "all drugs are bad for you". Caffeine and alcohol are "drugs". But they aren't drugs. In the same way, I think we'll the label released from accepted substances, while remaining attached to unacceptable ones.