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Links involving MDMA, LSD, and shrooms often get upvoted to the top of HN. Is there anywhere to read the consensus on news, both legal and scientific, on what’s the current status of psychedelics and recreational drugs worldwide?
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From what I've read/listened to this is generally not the case. The kind of psychedelic-assisted research that's happening today uses full doses that induce a "spirtual" experience, not microdoses. I'll see if I can dig up actual links but a big source of information I have on this topic is from the fascinating and highly recommended Drug Science podcast: https://www.drugscience.org.uk/introducing-the-drug-science-..…
no, microdosing is being researched to treat moderate to severe depression, schizophrenia and epilepsy. a microdose vs a full dose is likened to feeling tipsy vs full blown paralysis, with alcohol. to give a mentally fragile person a mind altering out of body experience is a bad idea
There was some early research which reported success in using LSD and psilocybin to treat schizophrenia in children:
There are literally hundreds of websites that will mail you magic mushroom spores, live magic mushroom mycelium, magic mushroom growing kits where you just add water and wait, and dried magic mushrooms.
I have never heard of any of them so much as being hassled let alone prosecuted for selling any of those products.
It's pretty safe to say magic mushrooms are quasi decriminalized in Canada right now.
>allowing them to possess and use psilocybin for personal training without fear of prosecution under the country's drug laws. There are literally hundreds of websites that will mail you magic mushroom spores, live magic mushroom mycelium, magic mushroom growing kits where you just add water and wait, and dried magic mushrooms. I have never heard of any of them so much as being hassled let alone prosecuted for selling…
>allowing them to possess and use psilocybin for personal training without fear of prosecution under the country's drug laws. There are literally hundreds of websites that will mail you magic mushroom spores, live magic mushroom mycelium, magic mushroom growing kits where you just add water and wait, and dried magic mushrooms. I have never heard of any of them so much as being hassled let alone prosecuted for selling…
Yeah I get text messages from weed dispensaries in BC for dried mushroom deals.
Links involving MDMA, LSD, and shrooms often get upvoted to the top of HN. Is there anywhere to read the consensus on news, both legal and scientific, on what’s the current status of psychedelics and recreational drugs worldwide?
I just hope the older generations who adamantly and mindlessly insisted that "all drugs are bad" live long enough to feel the deep shame they deserve for causing so much harm and preventing so much joy and much-needed help to so many millions and millions of people.
I'm not defending their stance, but I think it's easy to forget that we have a lot more information thrown at us in a given day than they probably had in a decade.
I just hope the older generations who adamantly and mindlessly insisted that "all drugs are bad" live long enough to feel the deep shame they deserve for causing so much harm and preventing so much joy and much-needed help to so many millions and millions of people.
But what information was accessible to them to change their mind? They wouldn't have seen headlines like this unless their local newspaper chose to run the article. They wouldn't have been able to go searching for this information without going to a library. I'm not defending their stance, but I think it's easy to forget that we have a lot more information thrown at us in a given day than they probably had in a decad…
Links involving MDMA, LSD, and shrooms often get upvoted to the top of HN. Is there anywhere to read the consensus on news, both legal and scientific, on what’s the current status of psychedelics and recreational drugs worldwide?
Also not on the scientific end, but if you search Reddit within specefic sub's dedicated toward the mental difficulties they are aiming to change, you'll find healthy discussion of the developments and personal experiances. Avoid /r/drugs and all those.