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What a weird thing to gatekeep. What you have mentioned are called classic psychadelics . Something being a psychadelic has nothing to do with it's pathways.
by jokowueu 3y ago
What a weird thing to gatekeep.
What you have mentioned are called classic psychadelics .
Something being a psychadelic has nothing to do with it's pathways.
Let's take a look at the definition .
Psychedelics are a subclass of hallucinogenic drugs whose primary effect is to trigger non-ordinary mental states (known as psychedelic experiences or psychedelic "trips") and/or an apparent expansion of consciousness
This fits ketamine perfectly, I have tried many substances and ketamine is one of the most powerful substances I have tried .
- photochemsyn 3y agoProlonged fasting and meditation can generate non-ordinary mental states (which you could call psychedelic trips if you like) but the mechanism and the effects are not the same. When it comes to psychoactive compounds, classification matters a lot, at least from a pharmacological perspective. For example, MDMA dependency is a lot more likely than LSD dependency from an abuse perspective as it hits the dopamine reward circuitry in the brain, and this is generally true of all the tryptamine-class psychedelics. As far as ketamine, it's an organochlorine compound whose regular use is associated with liver and urinary toxicity, I can't believe anyone who knows about this would want to take it regularly or recreationally. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketamine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketamine
- jokowueu 3y agoYou can't call prolonged fasting or meditation a psychadelic because it doesn't fit the the definition neither having a abuse potential or a compound that causes damage . The definition exists , if you want to create a new word for it you can go ahead .