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Opiates are quite a different animal. A weekend of psychedelics with your friends is not going to help you ignore anything.

• chiefalchemist 3y ago
  re: opiate of the masses https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/the+opiate+of+the+masses https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/the+opiate+of+the+masse... In short, it's not to be read literally.
  • __MatrixMan__ 3y ago
    I'm aware, and in context with religion is an apt metaphor. But in context with psychedelics it's not. They're not a numbing agents, they're catalysts for change, that's why they're applicable to therapy in ways that opiates are not.
    • chiefalchemist 3y ago
      Yes and no. At some low-level the brain doesn't differential between physical pain and mental / emotional pain. It's pain, and it needs to be reckoned with. Maybe psychedelics aren't painkillers in the opioid sense. However, they do provide pain relief, and yes perhaps an opportunity for healing. The difference really isn't all that much.