[boomboomsubban]

Near zero. Hallucinogenic mushrooms aren't very addictive, don't have billion dollar companies pushing them, and don't have the same risk of death.

It's possible Oregon regrets this for some reason I can't imagine, but a repeat of the opioid crisis isn't a realistic outcome.

[stelliosk]

Not addiction or deaths but long term psychological problems. Surely there are companies lobbying...

https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/03/us-dru...

[cwkoss]

There is a great need for more research (as a lot has been blocked by prohibition) but early signs indicate psilocybe use would have a net improvement for society for long term psychological problems.

But there is certainly risk that it creates a new class of problems. But, people are doing clandestine treatment with psilocybes currently, so it seems unlikely that legalization will find new classes of issues or a higher incidence rate of issues vs relatively-uninformed clandestine use. If there is a concerning issue, we'd expect that we've already seen it, but perhaps underestimated it.

[boomboomsubban]

Psychological problems are not comparable to addiction and death, particularly as our current resarch seems to show them solving more problems than they cause.

There are always companies that will try to make bank in an emerging market, but the details are different than an entrenched company using their power like in the opioid crisis.

[yonaguska]

The article you linked has nothing to do with your assertion of long term psychological problems.