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When are they going to genetically modify something (yeast, kombucha, etc.) to produce a more unanimously enjoyable psychedelic like MDMA? The inevitable unpleasant mushroom trips will really screw up any ratings system these guys employ.
Maybe because unlike MDMA, trying to find a death caused by the toxic effects of psilocybin is like looking for hens teeth: https://thedea.org/mdma-risks-science-and-statistics-technic...
...using boring old yeast, not GMO kombucha!
Cool! But even if it turns out to be practically possible, I wouldn't do it because I'm against GMO.
For any first prospective first timers in the Bay Area reading this.... Nature is the way to go. Oakland volcanic preserve. Go at 6am and hike to the top. You won’t be able to see anything because of the fog. When the fog disappears and you see the world.... it’s like 4K oled meets virtual reality. Except the your peripheral bounds span beyond imax. That + color. There are so many micro world vibes that will blow you…
First time psychedelic use should be done in a safe, familiar, controlled environment with someone that can help if something go wrong.
This article seems like wild speculation, while this team in Denmark says they've already done it: https://newatlas.com/science/psilocybin-synthesis-yeast-bact... ...using boring old yeast, not GMO kombucha!
I have three friends who all have or have had hppd. I find this lax attitude of psilocybin worrying especially when nobody seems to warn about the dangers of hppd. One friend of mine had it for 6months and was lucky that it passed away, the two others are in a living hell and will never have a normal life again. I know its supposed to be rare, but the amount of people i read of having some form of it is too many for…
With that degree of seriousness it can be not HPPD but underlying psychosis or schizophrenia that has been activated by the drug. It happens with cannabis too. I hope they are followed by a psychiatrist and on proper medication.
I agree with you. I believe psychedelics open a door in in the brain that can never close back. A lot of people have psychiatric fragilities and have no business trying these substances. Hppd occurence is closely related to past psychiatric symptoms like anxiety or depression.
One heavy dose of mushrooms significantly & permanently altered my visual perception: I see colors a lot brighter, a lot more saturated, and with tones & hues I wasn't really perceiving before. It's not technically an hallucination I don't think it's hppd, but it's something.
Cool! But even if it turns out to be practically possible, I wouldn't do it because I'm against GMO.
Well I hope you don't get diabetes because that's how insulin is made. If you'd like to educate yourself: https://www.tga.gov.au/guidance-21-medicines-produced-geneti...
This article seems like wild speculation, while this team in Denmark says they've already done it: https://newatlas.com/science/psilocybin-synthesis-yeast-bact... ...using boring old yeast, not GMO kombucha!
Any yeast that produces psilocybin is GMO unless there is some yeast in nature that naturally produces it. The article you link uses GMO yeast
I have three friends who all have or have had hppd. I find this lax attitude of psilocybin worrying especially when nobody seems to warn about the dangers of hppd. One friend of mine had it for 6months and was lucky that it passed away, the two others are in a living hell and will never have a normal life again. I know its supposed to be rare, but the amount of people i read of having some form of it is too many for…
>The two others are in a living hell and will never have a normal life again. With that degree of seriousness it can be not HPPD but underlying psychosis or schizophrenia that has been activated by the drug. It happens with cannabis too. I hope they are followed by a psychiatrist and on proper medication. I agree with you. I believe psychedelics open a door in in the brain that can never close back. A lot of people h…
This is crucial part - tons of folks are a mess inside, and either it will never manifest fully (but they won't be perfectly normal balanced happy human beings either, just some grey zone), or it will with some shock - be it car crash, heavy alcohol use, tough breakup, death in close family or psychedelics for example.
My first GF's father had permanent paranoid schizophrenia triggered just by episode of heavy drinking during mandatory military service. Fucked up for rest of his life, on heavy medications.
Its not as rare in the population as we would like to think, still carries a heavy stigma with it so folks don't talk about it unless they have to.