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The problem though is that it is not harmless. Psychedelics blast your brain chemistry and can have extremely unpredictable consequences, especially with contin
by akiselev 14y ago
The problem though is that it is not harmless. Psychedelics blast your brain chemistry and can have extremely unpredictable consequences, especially with continued use. The effects can spread to not just your life but to the lives of those you care about.
Personally, I think everyone should experience psychedelics when they're ready but to think that they are harmless is dangerous.
The effects of drugs are like having an addiction: you won't know at all what it's like until you try it and once you do, there's no going back, for better or for worse
- cnp 14y agoAgreed, but in a slightly different context: The mixture of psychedelics and many prescribed pharmaceuticals is a danger not many know about, particularly SSRI's. Due to this lack of information the dangers of a bad reaction --psychological or physiological-- are very real; in the case of such, it's always the illegal drug that is blamed, regardless of it's actual toxicity. In the case of Psilocybin or LSD or even DMT (the "nuclear bomb" of psychedelics) actual, measurable neurotoxicity is negligible if non-existant. (That being said, one can never be sure what one gets from the street, but in a controlled laboratory setting this is certainly the case.)