Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by hackable_sand 821 days ago
There is speculation that an elephant suffered a seizure and died in 1962 after it was given a "god" dose which is kinda fun. The wiki page also suggests they tried to help it and accidentally killed it that way. Definitely something to consider if your friend Jake goes catatonic while staring at Yugioh cards and the EMTs misdiagnose.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tusko
1 comments
LoganDark 821 days ago
I think giving LSD to an elephant (especially 300mg, holy crap) is a very very bad idea, animals can't really be informed of its effects. You can tell a person what to expect and not to panic, but you can't do that with an animal. I wonder if that would be animal abuse also.
link
hackable_sand 819 days ago
Oh for sure. The implication is that it would be nice to have the Healthcare infrastructure and research to safely industrialize psychedelia. Animals deserve better treatment in pharma dev anyways, but so does Jake who can consult a specialist psych if they want to. Similar to consulting a physician or experienced trainer before body building.
link