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no, it's not. best estimates (admittedly poor) put the incidence around 1/50,000 for frequent users. considering the potential mental health uses and the extre
by valec 5y ago
no, it's not. best estimates (admittedly poor) put the incidence around 1/50,000 for frequent users.
considering the potential mental health uses and the extremely low toxicity (i'm not sure anybody has ever overdosed on lsd) banning psychedelics would be a huge mistake.
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> They can turn functioning people into permanently non-functioning ones. It is an incredibly dangerous drug.
applies to legal drugs too. alcohol for example. or painkillers or benzos.
- iammisc 5y agoOne drink of alcohol is unlikely to lead you to become unstable. I don't know about the others. I didn't call for a blanket ban. LSD may have therapeutic uses (other debilitating drugs like paracetamol do), but the self-dosing that people do 'for fun' shouldn't be tolerated.
- scollet 5y agoYou called for a blanket ban.
- iammisc 5y agoSorry, I figured doctor prescriptions were not included. My view is that they should be a controlled substance, the way they are now. You'd have to show amazing cognitive effects for an illness to legalize it for prescription. I don't know the science here though. By 'absolute ban' I mean they should be controlled, and classified as an illegal drug. This is not something people should self-medicate. Those using without a prescription or worse, distributing, should be jailed.