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OftenBen  ·  1610 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: IP 34 Heads to the Ballot (Psilocybin Therapy for Depression/Anxiety)

Psilocybin for recreation and psilocybin for therapy are pretty different animals.

Also there is a protocol in place that doesnt involve picking up a bag of "definitely boomers dude, Ron said so! Looks like a quarter!" And blending them with orange juice or putting them in a PB&J or whatever else while trying to remember the McKenna quote about the number of dry grams for a "heroic" dose.

Also, I dont need to tell you that psychoactive drugs of all kinds have side effects / toxicity / danger associated with them. I have a tic from a 3 month course of duloxetine over 3 years ago, as one example.

Now, hopefully, researchers and therapists in Oregon will hopefully be able to take a scientific and compassionate approach to this particular chemical/class of chemical.