The author says
> Quite a few psychedelic drugs are naturally-occurring, and have been used for hundreds of years (this doesn’t include synthetic ones like LSD, obviously).
LSD occurs naturally in the Ergot mushroom:
> The ergot fungus contains a number of highly poisonous and psychoactive alkaloids, including lysergic acid (LSD), which was synthesized from the ergot fungus in 1938 by chemist, Albert Hoffmann [1]
What the author means is that it's synthetically made these days. Psilocybin can also be synthetically made these days.
psychedelics are the best hope humanity treating refractory mental illness. I know at least 5 people personally that have embarked on psychedelic voyages to treat their demons. Some of them are renowned psychiatrists.
LSD occurs naturally in the Ergot mushroom: > The ergot fungus contains a number of highly poisonous and psychoactive alkaloids, including lysergic acid (LSD), which was synthesized from the ergot fungus in 1938 by chemist, Albert Hoffmann [1]
What the author means is that it's synthetically made these days. Psilocybin can also be synthetically made these days.
psychedelics are the best hope humanity treating refractory mental illness. I know at least 5 people personally that have embarked on psychedelic voyages to treat their demons. Some of them are renowned psychiatrists.
[1] https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/ethnobotany/Mind_and_Spiri....