Comment by zoklet-enjoyer

2 days ago

Is there that much of a social taboo? Maybe it's just the people I hang out with and work with, but most people are open to psychedelic use and a lot have at least tried some.

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skyyler  2 days ago

Some people’s conception of “normal people” is people on the bus or train.

Some people’s conception of “normal people” is people at a church ice cream social.

Different perspectives, I think.

  • tankenmate  18 hours ago

    Having grown up around the world and going to a few international schools I came to realise that "normal" is just what the people around you do (well "in public" is probably a good effective limit).

lelandfe  2 days ago

Yes, it’s your bubble. There are American states still charging people over marijuana. Having grown up Christian I personally know people in their 30s who view psychedelic and heroin users similarly. Those people would have the opposite view of you.

Years back, my friend’s parents asked me to stage an intervention for him after they found out he regularly took LSD. He was 19 at the time.

  • dudeinjapan  2 days ago

    Growing up my friend’s dad was a conservative christian and a frequent caller into conservative talk radio shows. There was a state referendum to legalize marijuana, so I asked what he thought. “Of course it should be legal. It says right there in Genesis—God said: I give you every herb bearing seed upon the Earth. What could be more clear-cut than that?”

    • more-nitor  1 day ago

      hmm so.. "I give you every herb bearing seed upon the Earth" is followed by "to eat/stuff into nose"?

      with this stupidity, maybe you should try eating list of 20 deadly plants and see how it goes?

      "ownership" means "edible/nose-able"... maybe you should try eating your car?

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  • kevinventullo  1 day ago

    Eh, I’m pretty open-minded to this stuff, but I would also want to stage an intervention if my 19-year-old was regularly taking LSD.

    • gavinray  1 day ago

      Well, to be pendantic, you can't "regularly" (depending on your definition) consume LSD or any psychedelic.

      The 5HT2A tolerance is acute such that you need exponential dosing on consecutive days to achieve equivalent effects.

      Some psychedelics like NBOMe are such strong agonists the tolerance duration is 1-2 weeks.

      For "standard" psychedelics it's closer to 3-4 days.

      Even at the height of my psychedelic-head phase I was using twice a week, and not by choice.

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