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diff --git a/content/entry/psychedelics-are-a-rite-of-passage.md b/content/entry/psychedelics-are-a-rite-of-passage.md index 0c69d5d..e888810 100644 --- a/content/entry/psychedelics-are-a-rite-of-passage.md +++ b/content/entry/psychedelics-are-a-rite-of-passage.md @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ draft: false Before I discuss psychedelics in this context, I feel obligated to issue a few disclaimers. # Psychedelics Are Not a Panacea -The first one is psychedelics will not solve the world's problems nor everyone's personal problems. Some people that take psychedelics do [huge damage to the world](https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs). Some have psychotic breaks. Since the scientific/skeptic community largely dismisses spiritual experiences, some people are drawn to pseudospiritual [woo-woo](https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Woo) for answers after using them. Psychedelics are clearly not a magic pill. +The first one is psychedelics will not solve the world's problems nor everyone's personal problems. Some people that take psychedelics do [huge damage to the world](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs). Some have psychotic breaks. Since the scientific/skeptic community largely dismisses spiritual experiences, some people are drawn to pseudospiritual [woo-woo](https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Woo) for answers after using them. Psychedelics are clearly not a magic pill. Psychedelics are also not for everyone. They have serious downsides. People with a family history of mental illness or present mental illness should practice extreme caution when using psychedelics. Even mentally healthy people can lose their minds after taking psychedelics. All psychonauts should be aware of that. @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Terence McKenna, American ethnobotanist and advocate for psychedelic drugs, once While I don't think sex is comparable to psychedelics, Terence did have a point. Healthy people who abstain from psychedelic drugs are missing out on an important life experience. -If someone doesn't want to take psychedelics because of lack of interest, I suspect they might not see the value anyways. Maybe those people aren't missing out. But when someone abstains from psychedelics because they drank the [D.A.R.E.](https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_Abuse_Resistance_Education#Reception) Kool-Aid and they think all illegal drugs are nothing but bad, I feel bad for them. They might be missing out on some of the most important experiences in their life thanks to ignorance and stupidity. +If someone doesn't want to take psychedelics because of lack of interest, I suspect they might not see the value anyways. Maybe those people aren't missing out. But when someone abstains from psychedelics because they drank the [D.A.R.E.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_Abuse_Resistance_Education#Reception) Kool-Aid and they think all illegal drugs are nothing but bad, I feel bad for them. They might be missing out on some of the most important experiences in their life thanks to ignorance and stupidity. If I ever have offspring, which I don't plan on, I hope they never try heroin, methamphetamine, or give themselves brain damage with large quantities of cough syrup. But if they go to the grave without ever using psychedelic drugs, I will feel that they missed out on one of the most important experiences life has to offer. |