passenger1980 Posted April 12, 2010 Very interesting article : http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/12/science/12psychedelics.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
goldisheavy Posted April 12, 2010 Very encouraging. Although I haven't taken any hallucinogen drugs, I fully support this endeavor. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
passenger1980 Posted April 12, 2010 Well i don't think the idea is to encourage drug use but one wonders how the current legal and medicine drug market is handled, while other drugs like lsd are completely in the dark. Same goes to illegal drugs, but that's another whole debate. Anyone who has taken lsd or similar drugs knows what the article is all about. To many people, spiritual experiences are completely foreign due to how they live their lives and how they feed their ego. While many of us have experienced meditation and practice effects on our lives and can understand there's more to reality, many other people - who are let's say more "spiritual challenged" - could definitely benefit for a different (artificial yes...) perspective with psychedelic drugs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scarlet Wampus Posted April 12, 2010 Awesome! And any continued clinical research is likely to return very impressive results too, judging by the last decade. Unfortunately its unlikely to change the legal availability of entheogens for people who would make use of them. Some people are terrified by these things. The fear, misinformation & prejudice out there is simply too great to overcome with a few studies. Still, its exciting to see continued research confirm what every psychonaut knows full well applies to them personally (but may have wondered if it were true in a wider sense). I don't know how many know this but in the UK people discovered a legal loophole in order to buy & sell psychedelic mushrooms over the counter. It went on for a few years until the law was changed in April 2005. The last year before that they were widely available and that was an awesome year for a lot of people! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eviander Posted April 13, 2010 Thats sweet. I want to jump on the train! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sloppy Zhang Posted April 14, 2010 I support the effort... But I think a much better way of doing things is to get people to have these experiences on their own without the use of drugs- as further down the article it says that some people had similar effects even while not on the hallucinogens. Just stuff to think about. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
