I'm not sure whether you can call it psychoactive. I think psychoactive substances have an immediate, noticeable effect. Especially at the doses suggested, lith

I'm not sure whether you can call it psychoactive. I think psychoactive substances have an immediate, noticeable effect. Especially at the doses suggested, lithium does not. What do you call psychoactive? Tomato sauce can make me happy, but it's not sensible to call it psychoactive. On the contrary, it is widely reported that lead plumbing causes higher crime levels, lower IQs, and all sorts of bad things. Should we then resign and say we should not mess with the "psychoactive properties" of our drinking water? No, most things in our society are already artificial and engineered to achieve certain ends. I don't see the point in being paranoid about affecting political behavior, first it's something which should first be established, second, people couldn't possibly get more apathetic than they already are.