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Links involving MDMA, LSD, and shrooms often get upvoted to the top of HN. Is there anywhere to read the consensus on news, both legal and scientific, on what’s

Links involving MDMA, LSD, and shrooms often get upvoted to the top of HN. Is there anywhere to read the consensus on news, both legal and scientific, on what’s the current status of psychedelics and recreational drugs worldwide?

circlevvaves 6y ago
Maybe not the user experience you're intending, but the The Vaults of Erowid is a decent start.
- redisman 6y ago
  One of the best and most unique web sites I've ever visited also. It's 90's classic internet but nothing has come along to do things it does better.
  - piva00 6y ago
    One of the most educative ones for drug users as well. Trip reports were always an interesting read, being aware of dosage and effects, reading from others' bad experiences to be avoided. Erowid is massively educational if you got any interest in psychedelics or mind-altering substances in general.
  - maedla 6y ago
    Reading that as a teenager is what got me interested in psychedelics in the first place. It's great.
will_pseudonym 6y ago
- MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) https://maps.org/ https://maps.org/ - Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic & Consciousness Research https://hopkinspsychedelic.org/ https://hopkinspsychedelic.org/
walrus01 6y ago
the historical links between the sf bay area early technology/microcomputer scene, and recreational psychedelic substances are quite old... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_WELL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_WELL there's a large venn diagram overlap between some of the earliest members there at the WELL (and, for instance, the people who founded burning man), and the california tech industry.
DanBC 6y ago
From the UK Royal College of Psychiatrists: https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/docs/default-source/members/divisions/london/londiv---newsletter-winter-18-19-final.pdf?sfvrsn=f6788c18_2 https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/docs/default-source/members/divisi... https://elearning.rcpsych.ac.uk/learningmodules/psychedelicdrugtherapyinps.aspx https://elearning.rcpsych.ac.uk/learningmodules/psychedelicd... https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/docs/default-source/members/sigs/spirituality-spsig/ben-sessa-from-sacred-plants-to-psychotherapy.pdf?sfvrsn=d1bd0269_2 https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/docs/default-source/members/sigs/s... https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/docs/default-source/events/presentations/webinars/members%27-webinar-celebrating-congress-nutt-david.pdf?sfvrsn=b6e72a32_2 https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/docs/default-source/events/present...
therealx 6y ago
Also not on the scientific end, but if you search Reddit within specefic sub's dedicated toward the mental difficulties they are aiming to change, you'll find healthy discussion of the developments and personal experiances. Avoid /r/drugs and all those.
- raunakdag 6y ago
  Any specific subs you’d recommend? I enjoy /r/drugs occasionally because of the interesting stories that I can live vicariously through, but I’m interested in learning more.
alexilliamson 6y ago
The book How To Change Your Mind has a great deal of the history and current state of the science.
vmchale 6y ago
Psychedelics are sometimes recreational but they can do more.

circlevvaves 6y ago

Maybe not the user experience you're intending, but the The Vaults of Erowid is a decent start.

redisman 6y ago
One of the best and most unique web sites I've ever visited also. It's 90's classic internet but nothing has come along to do things it does better.
- piva00 6y ago
  One of the most educative ones for drug users as well. Trip reports were always an interesting read, being aware of dosage and effects, reading from others' bad experiences to be avoided. Erowid is massively educational if you got any interest in psychedelics or mind-altering substances in general.
- maedla 6y ago
  Reading that as a teenager is what got me interested in psychedelics in the first place. It's great.

will_pseudonym 6y ago

- MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) https://maps.org/ https://maps.org/ - Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic & Consciousness Research https://hopkinspsychedelic.org/ https://hopkinspsychedelic.org/

walrus01 6y ago

the historical links between the sf bay area early technology/microcomputer scene, and recreational psychedelic substances are quite old... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_WELL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_WELL there's a large venn diagram overlap between some of the earliest members there at the WELL (and, for instance, the people who founded burning man), and the california tech industry.

DanBC 6y ago

From the UK Royal College of Psychiatrists: https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/docs/default-source/members/divisions/london/londiv---newsletter-winter-18-19-final.pdf?sfvrsn=f6788c18_2 https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/docs/default-source/members/divisi... https://elearning.rcpsych.ac.uk/learningmodules/psychedelicdrugtherapyinps.aspx https://elearning.rcpsych.ac.uk/learningmodules/psychedelicd... https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/docs/default-source/members/sigs/spirituality-spsig/ben-sessa-from-sacred-plants-to-psychotherapy.pdf?sfvrsn=d1bd0269_2 https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/docs/default-source/members/sigs/s... https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/docs/default-source/events/presentations/webinars/members%27-webinar-celebrating-congress-nutt-david.pdf?sfvrsn=b6e72a32_2 https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/docs/default-source/events/present...

therealx 6y ago

Also not on the scientific end, but if you search Reddit within specefic sub's dedicated toward the mental difficulties they are aiming to change, you'll find healthy discussion of the developments and personal experiances. Avoid /r/drugs and all those.

raunakdag 6y ago
Any specific subs you’d recommend? I enjoy /r/drugs occasionally because of the interesting stories that I can live vicariously through, but I’m interested in learning more.

alexilliamson 6y ago

The book How To Change Your Mind has a great deal of the history and current state of the science.

vmchale 6y ago

Psychedelics are sometimes recreational but they can do more.