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5-MeO was extremely well known in 2013. It had already been featured multiple times on every psychedelic podcast, and there were multiple books about it. This w

5-MeO was extremely well known in 2013. It had already been featured multiple times on every psychedelic podcast, and there were multiple books about it. This whole article seems vaguely fake to me.

pmoriarty 5y ago
I'd bet anything that the overwhelming majority of people in the world have never heard of it, and don't listen to psychedelic podcasts either.
- trompetenaccoun 5y ago
  Sure. But it doesn't change what the other users said, a journalist could have researched all this. Can someone explain this new psychedelic drug craze to me btw? Most of the people who're into it and tell me about the medicinal use of psychedelics seem to have very little experience with any of these drugs themself. The whole thing gives off cultish vibes to me.
  - pmoriarty 5y ago
    Take a look at the hundreds of new research papers on psychedelics which have been published over the last decade. That's at the root of the "psychedelic renaissance". The renewed interest in psychedelics in the general population stems from that research, which has been widely reported in the mainstream media. People are also becoming aware of the healing powers of cannabis, believing less in the Reefer Madness-type anti-cannabis propaganda from yesteryear, knowing people who use cannabis or using it themselves and seeing that it didn't ruin their life and was actually kind of fun/helpful, and seeing that the sky didn't fall when cannabis was effectively legalized all over the place. They understand the same could happen with psychedelics. Also, psychedelics have been widely used at music festivals and raves, and there's been a lot of ayahuasca tourism and other psychedelic tourism in recent decades.. which leads me to believe that you're hanging out with the wrong crowd if the people you know don't have much experience with psychedelics. There have been many millions of people who've used them. Their use is not a media myth. As for cultishness, there's a little of that, but I'd call it more of a health fad than a cult. Fortunately there's a lot of research showing that this particular health fad actually works to help a lot of people, unlike a lot of other health fads. I am concerned that widespread religious use of psychedelics could eventually lead to a small minority of people getting fanatical, self-righteous, and destructive (ala Manson's own cult, Jonestown, or the various religious wars that have been fought throughout history), but I'm not aware of anything like that happening yet.

5-MeO was extremely well known in 2013. It had already been featured multiple times on every psychedelic podcast, and there were multiple books about it. This whole article seems vaguely fake to me.

pmoriarty 5y ago

I'd bet anything that the overwhelming majority of people in the world have never heard of it, and don't listen to psychedelic podcasts either.

trompetenaccoun 5y ago
Sure. But it doesn't change what the other users said, a journalist could have researched all this. Can someone explain this new psychedelic drug craze to me btw? Most of the people who're into it and tell me about the medicinal use of psychedelics seem to have very little experience with any of these drugs themself. The whole thing gives off cultish vibes to me.
- pmoriarty 5y ago
  Take a look at the hundreds of new research papers on psychedelics which have been published over the last decade. That's at the root of the "psychedelic renaissance". The renewed interest in psychedelics in the general population stems from that research, which has been widely reported in the mainstream media. People are also becoming aware of the healing powers of cannabis, believing less in the Reefer Madness-type anti-cannabis propaganda from yesteryear, knowing people who use cannabis or using it themselves and seeing that it didn't ruin their life and was actually kind of fun/helpful, and seeing that the sky didn't fall when cannabis was effectively legalized all over the place. They understand the same could happen with psychedelics. Also, psychedelics have been widely used at music festivals and raves, and there's been a lot of ayahuasca tourism and other psychedelic tourism in recent decades.. which leads me to believe that you're hanging out with the wrong crowd if the people you know don't have much experience with psychedelics. There have been many millions of people who've used them. Their use is not a media myth. As for cultishness, there's a little of that, but I'd call it more of a health fad than a cult. Fortunately there's a lot of research showing that this particular health fad actually works to help a lot of people, unlike a lot of other health fads. I am concerned that widespread religious use of psychedelics could eventually lead to a small minority of people getting fanatical, self-righteous, and destructive (ala Manson's own cult, Jonestown, or the various religious wars that have been fought throughout history), but I'm not aware of anything like that happening yet.