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Interesting take. I think I agree with you. I think the corporate and fashie interest in psychedelic magic bullets is seriously misguided. The alt-right seems t

Interesting take. I think I agree with you. I think the corporate and fashie interest in psychedelic magic bullets is seriously misguided. The alt-right seems to want to use it to reprogram people and the corporate interests want to give us LCD or DMT without the "fun" so they can make it a product. Why remove the fun? Imitrex (Sumatriptan) is a migraine medication that is DMT with some extras. It'll save you from a migraine but it SUCKS. Why? Why not just give people DMT? Maybe it's more effective, maybe it's a pro-drug. With the ongoing war on drugs and the abysmal outlook of just hacking the charm of psychedelics to make people into dispassionate monsters or work robots, I don't think we are on the right road to what the substances can do for society. Also, not everyone needs to trip. Fact. In most cultures that do have psychedelic substance rituals they are used by individuals that need to go to a shaman and sort out a complication such as loss, sickness, or mental disorder. Usually the shaman is the designated tripper for the community and that lifestyle is not considered to be a super sweet gig or constant party. Drugs being illegal has relegated them to parties, which I think is the wrong way to look at mind altering chemicals. Not that getting high as fuck at a party can't be super fuckin' fun but it commodifies the experience in a way that does a lot of harm that could be avoided without prohibition. Decriminalizing everything would open the door to building those structures into society and some places in the world have had good results with decriminalization and legalization.

kwatsonafter 4y ago
"Drugs being illegal has relegated them to parties, which I think is the wrong way to look at mind altering chemicals." This a million times. We could build, "safe places" where people could productively use things like LSD and this activity could contribute to a body of active research. This might be a, "net loss" for society but you know what's even worse? Teenagers having a foundational spiritual experience sullied by being arrested or by being in the company of unsympathetic others. This ends up contributing to crime statistics (which is useful for the establishment, isn't it?) but does little in the way of furthering our understanding of the brain or cultural pharmacology; what to say of spirituality or freedom. It's also so bloody wasteful. Such a goddamned waste of magic and potential. The psychedelic brats with their dad's credit cards and the anal retentive aggressor lizards trying to steal my prostate energy. Hand's off!
- stuntkite 4y ago
  > The psychedelic brats with their dad's credit cards and the anal retentive aggressor lizards trying to steal my prostate energy. > > Hand's off! Lol. Sorry, I read this but somehow did not read this last sentence. I don't know or even know if I want to know what this statement really means to you because I love it so much and I'm afraid that if you told me it might lose it's magic. If this is a serious comment and you want to clarify though, I'll take it completely seriously and deal with whatever the outcome is. Either way, shine you crazy diamond. Genuinely I think that might be one of the best sentences I've ever read.

kwatsonafter 4y ago

"Drugs being illegal has relegated them to parties, which I think is the wrong way to look at mind altering chemicals." This a million times. We could build, "safe places" where people could productively use things like LSD and this activity could contribute to a body of active research. This might be a, "net loss" for society but you know what's even worse? Teenagers having a foundational spiritual experience sullied by being arrested or by being in the company of unsympathetic others. This ends up contributing to crime statistics (which is useful for the establishment, isn't it?) but does little in the way of furthering our understanding of the brain or cultural pharmacology; what to say of spirituality or freedom. It's also so bloody wasteful. Such a goddamned waste of magic and potential. The psychedelic brats with their dad's credit cards and the anal retentive aggressor lizards trying to steal my prostate energy. Hand's off!

stuntkite 4y ago
> The psychedelic brats with their dad's credit cards and the anal retentive aggressor lizards trying to steal my prostate energy. > > Hand's off! Lol. Sorry, I read this but somehow did not read this last sentence. I don't know or even know if I want to know what this statement really means to you because I love it so much and I'm afraid that if you told me it might lose it's magic. If this is a serious comment and you want to clarify though, I'll take it completely seriously and deal with whatever the outcome is. Either way, shine you crazy diamond. Genuinely I think that might be one of the best sentences I've ever read.