Comment Comment by carapace By all means decriminalize these drugs. It's a shame they were ever made illegal in the first place.But don't get confused about what's really going on."Set and Setting" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_and_setting"Of course, the drug dose does not produce the transcendent experience. It merely acts as a chemical key..." — Timothy Leary (who ought to know.)These drugs are like whacking the brain upside the head chemically. For most of us that's fun, but it's a crap shoot. "Bad trips" are a thing.The possibilities for precision therapeutic techniques are in the creation of the set and setting, through structured storytelling.(Not to make it about me but I did some psychedelics back in the day and they did not cure my depression but hypnotherapy did. YMMV.) parent carapace 6 years ago
But don't get confused about what's really going on.
"Set and Setting" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_and_setting
"Of course, the drug dose does not produce the transcendent experience. It merely acts as a chemical key..." — Timothy Leary (who ought to know.)
These drugs are like whacking the brain upside the head chemically. For most of us that's fun, but it's a crap shoot. "Bad trips" are a thing.
The possibilities for precision therapeutic techniques are in the creation of the set and setting, through structured storytelling.
(Not to make it about me but I did some psychedelics back in the day and they did not cure my depression but hypnotherapy did. YMMV.)