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by sun41 2898 days ago
> More to the point: the regulations are not for you, they're for the 33%-ish of folks who have all sorts of problems.

What do you mean with "all sorts of problems"? Most people with "mental" problems do alcohol which is a really bad hard drugs. But if you mean with problems: treating depressions, treating all kinds of headaches, palliative treatment, not knowing what to do with your life, etc.. then what would you want to regulate for this group?

Psychedelics are a very harmless drugs; not addictive, there is no poisoning(like with alcohol), when the effect is gone you feel totally normal and healthy. The only thing you need to be careful with if you really want the best result from it is the dosage, never too much like with many other things in life.

Prohibition of psychedelics only causes criminality and harm, it doesn't solve a problem at all. It is an illusion to think that your children are not able to get their hands on it when it is prohibited. The truth is they'll get questionable quality LSD in the criminal circuit, or they'll pick magic mushrooms theirselves which can be quite tricky!

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> Psychedelics are a very harmless drugs; not addictive, there is no poisoning(like with alcohol), when the effect is gone you feel totally normal and healthy.

None of this is true.

People like you promoting psychedelics are responsible for much suffering (bad trips, drug induced trauma and PTSD, long term psychological problems).

AFAIK it is MUCH more likely to feel normal and healthy after intoxication by alcohol than after intoxication by psychedelics.

All drugs should be legalized. Criminalization must not create additional costs and problems. Legal must not mean harmless. Many legal things (e.g. drugs, too much sugar, animal products, fossil fuel, ...) are harmful.

http://www.health.gov.au/internet/publications/publishing.ns...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serotonin_syndrome

https://www.reddit.com/r/Psychonaut/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Psychedelics/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Drugs/

https://www.livescience.com/16287-mushrooms-alter-personalit...

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/the-ps...

http://slatestarcodex.com/2016/04/28/why-were-early-psychede...