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Is there that much of a social taboo? Maybe it's just the people I hang out with and work with, but most people are open to psychedelic use and a lot have at le

Is there that much of a social taboo? Maybe it's just the people I hang out with and work with, but most people are open to psychedelic use and a lot have at least tried some.

skyyler 1y ago
Some people’s conception of “normal people” is people on the bus or train. Some people’s conception of “normal people” is people at a church ice cream social. Different perspectives, I think.
- tankenmate 1y ago
  Having grown up around the world and going to a few international schools I came to realise that "normal" is just what the people around you do (well "in public" is probably a good effective limit).
lelandfe 1y ago
Yes, it’s your bubble. There are American states still charging people over marijuana. Having grown up Christian I personally know people in their 30s who view psychedelic and heroin users similarly. Those people would have the opposite view of you. Years back, my friend’s parents asked me to stage an intervention for him after they found out he regularly took LSD. He was 19 at the time.
- kevinventullo 1y ago
  Eh, I’m pretty open-minded to this stuff, but I would also want to stage an intervention if my 19-year-old was regularly taking LSD.
  - gavinray 1y ago
    Well, to be pendantic, you can't "regularly" (depending on your definition) consume LSD or any psychedelic. The 5HT2A tolerance is acute such that you need exponential dosing on consecutive days to achieve equivalent effects. Some psychedelics like NBOMe are such strong agonists the tolerance duration is 1-2 weeks. For "standard" psychedelics it's closer to 3-4 days. Even at the height of my psychedelic-head phase I was using twice a week, and not by choice.
    - skyyler 1y ago
      Twice a week for a drug that lasts ~12 hours is definitely “regularly” I also dosed twice a week for a few months in my early 20s
- zoklet-enjoyer 1y ago
  I live in a Republican state where marijuana is illegal
  - humpty-d 1y ago
    Farm bill and delta-8 really flipped that whole table though
    - zoklet-enjoyer 1y ago
      Yeah, but our legislature banned that too
      - marcelox86 1y ago
        Texas? :(
        zoklet-enjoyer 1y ago
        North Dakota
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- dudeinjapan 1y ago
  Growing up my friend’s dad was a conservative christian and a frequent caller into conservative talk radio shows. There was a state referendum to legalize marijuana, so I asked what he thought. “Of course it should be legal. It says right there in Genesis—God said: I give you every herb bearing seed upon the Earth. What could be more clear-cut than that?”
  - more-nitor 1y ago
    hmm so.. "I give you every herb bearing seed upon the Earth" is followed by "to eat/stuff into nose"? with this stupidity, maybe you should try eating list of 20 deadly plants and see how it goes? "ownership" means "edible/nose-able"... maybe you should try eating your car?
    - SturgeonsLaw 1y ago
      Been a while since I've read Genesis but I don't recall God putting any terms and conditions on it
      - mopenstein 1y ago
        Tells you to eat every planet, creates plants that are fatally poisonous to humans. That God fella sure is strange.
        dudeinjapan 1y ago
        Nah he just created all the plants/fruits/etc. and then gave them to Adam and Eve without an instruction manual. Never told them to eat anything in particular. I think it was still a nice gesture.
      - dudeinjapan 1y ago
        All of the Bible is T&C’s. God’s goal was to make it longer than Apple’s but he failed. (Ironically Apple was the one fruit Adam and Eve weren’t supposed to eat.)
    - 1y ago
- chowder 1y ago
  My friend's "Christian" parents both eat Oxycontin like candy but think anything THC related is evil and kicked one of their sons out of the house at 15 years old because they found out he ate a THC gummy. When confronted they said their drug use is moral because they have prescriptions but weed is illegal and therefore satanic. I wish I was there to point out kicking their teenage son out on the streets was also illegal. This mindset hard to even wrap my mind around. Total nonsense.

Is there that much of a social taboo? Maybe it's just the people I hang out with and work with, but most people are open to psychedelic use and a lot have at least tried some.

skyyler 1y ago

Some people’s conception of “normal people” is people on the bus or train. Some people’s conception of “normal people” is people at a church ice cream social. Different perspectives, I think.

tankenmate 1y ago
Having grown up around the world and going to a few international schools I came to realise that "normal" is just what the people around you do (well "in public" is probably a good effective limit).

lelandfe 1y ago

Yes, it’s your bubble. There are American states still charging people over marijuana. Having grown up Christian I personally know people in their 30s who view psychedelic and heroin users similarly. Those people would have the opposite view of you. Years back, my friend’s parents asked me to stage an intervention for him after they found out he regularly took LSD. He was 19 at the time.

kevinventullo 1y ago
Eh, I’m pretty open-minded to this stuff, but I would also want to stage an intervention if my 19-year-old was regularly taking LSD.
- gavinray 1y ago
  Well, to be pendantic, you can't "regularly" (depending on your definition) consume LSD or any psychedelic. The 5HT2A tolerance is acute such that you need exponential dosing on consecutive days to achieve equivalent effects. Some psychedelics like NBOMe are such strong agonists the tolerance duration is 1-2 weeks. For "standard" psychedelics it's closer to 3-4 days. Even at the height of my psychedelic-head phase I was using twice a week, and not by choice.
  - skyyler 1y ago
    Twice a week for a drug that lasts ~12 hours is definitely “regularly” I also dosed twice a week for a few months in my early 20s
zoklet-enjoyer 1y ago
I live in a Republican state where marijuana is illegal
- humpty-d 1y ago
  Farm bill and delta-8 really flipped that whole table though
  - zoklet-enjoyer 1y ago
    Yeah, but our legislature banned that too
    - marcelox86 1y ago
      Texas? :(
      - zoklet-enjoyer 1y ago
        North Dakota
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dudeinjapan 1y ago
Growing up my friend’s dad was a conservative christian and a frequent caller into conservative talk radio shows. There was a state referendum to legalize marijuana, so I asked what he thought. “Of course it should be legal. It says right there in Genesis—God said: I give you every herb bearing seed upon the Earth. What could be more clear-cut than that?”
- more-nitor 1y ago
  hmm so.. "I give you every herb bearing seed upon the Earth" is followed by "to eat/stuff into nose"? with this stupidity, maybe you should try eating list of 20 deadly plants and see how it goes? "ownership" means "edible/nose-able"... maybe you should try eating your car?
  - SturgeonsLaw 1y ago
    Been a while since I've read Genesis but I don't recall God putting any terms and conditions on it
    - mopenstein 1y ago
      Tells you to eat every planet, creates plants that are fatally poisonous to humans. That God fella sure is strange.
      - dudeinjapan 1y ago
        Nah he just created all the plants/fruits/etc. and then gave them to Adam and Eve without an instruction manual. Never told them to eat anything in particular. I think it was still a nice gesture.
    - dudeinjapan 1y ago
      All of the Bible is T&C’s. God’s goal was to make it longer than Apple’s but he failed. (Ironically Apple was the one fruit Adam and Eve weren’t supposed to eat.)
  - 1y ago
chowder 1y ago
My friend's "Christian" parents both eat Oxycontin like candy but think anything THC related is evil and kicked one of their sons out of the house at 15 years old because they found out he ate a THC gummy. When confronted they said their drug use is moral because they have prescriptions but weed is illegal and therefore satanic. I wish I was there to point out kicking their teenage son out on the streets was also illegal. This mindset hard to even wrap my mind around. Total nonsense.