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by saiya-jin 1020 days ago
My friend you don't even understand the topic being discussed - these things are not addictive at all, its not your usual drug of communism like tobacco and alcohol which have ruined countless lives and almost nobody gets over them once addicted. Neither are these opiates like heroin or coca extracts like cocaine, which are highly addictive.

The more you take say LSD or mushrooms the less effect they have on you (and this effect is the only reason to take them), and quickly you reach the state when normal dosage basically doesn't work. Also the experience is mentally so taxing the last thing users want after coming down from the trip is to start another one. They are so profound that some processing of experiences is required.

It staggers me how even quite a few regular HN users are clueless about trivial basics of drugs. No wonder politicians can push literally any fearmongering bullshit lies to common population even these days, and they will swallow it all without even questioning it.