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by graderjs 1535 days ago
For what it's worth I agree with you both: you, green new shoot on HN, and also the other commenters disagreeing with you. Because I think there are studies that shows psychedelics are safe you but they're safe within a certain context of analysis done in the study. I think you're right we don't know if there's any cause between taking psychedelics and cancers. Glioblastoma is a connective tissue cancer of the brain I think and I think it's not inconceivable to consider that psychedelics in that they induce a proliferation of new neurons and connections and so they could somehow effect an overgrowth of connective tissue (btw I know connective tissue is different to neuronal connections...heh :) but still it may be connected ;) in various ways). Whether it's conceivable or not doesn't really matter cuz there's plenty of things that occur in the body which aren't conceivable at some point in time. So I think the best we can say is they're probably safe but we don't really know...and that's just the way it is. Even so the risk albeit a personal thing is low for causing something as disastrous as that aggressive tumor and the fact that we don't know doesn't make it in any different to the infinite number of other possible causes of glioblastoma or whatever severe acute illness that we don't know are causes either. I think your point is valid and correct and people have maybe taking it in a way that may have abandoned the nuance with which it was delivered.

Also I was interested by your other comment suggesting I think that B6 could increase indogenous production of HT-something in the body... Did I get that right? Could you maybe point me to the direction of more of that type of information?