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The effects of LSD (and whether or not I personally have done LSD) are completely irrelevant to your claim that it is Schedule I because it will "awaken the mas
by drewblaisdell 15y ago
The effects of LSD (and whether or not I personally have done LSD) are completely irrelevant to your claim that it is Schedule I because it will "awaken the masses." I don't doubt that it can lead to meaningful introspection-- there are very reputable studies that show that psilocybin (the hallucinogen found in "magic mushrooms") does this for even non-drug users.[1]
The original claim which I was responding to is so baseless that I do not feel that the burden of proof is on my side.
[1] http://csp.org/psilocybin/Hopkins-CSP-Psilocybin2008.pdf http://csp.org/psilocybin/Hopkins-CSP-Psilocybin2008.pdf
- rbarooah 15y agoThe original claim may be floridly expressed, but I don't think you can write it off as baseless. Wouldn't you agree that one of the primary functions of government is to ensure social stability? It would therefore be strange for governments not to try to control substances that had the potential to upset this. No conspiracy is required, just pragmatism. Given that LSD advocates in the 60's and 70's loudly proclaimed its power to transform society, whether accurate or not, it would have been irresponsible for governments to ignore this.
- rbarooah 15y agoNow I'm just plain puzzled as to why that was downvoted. Care to explain?