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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 e888810..450dab5 100644 --- a/content/entry/psychedelics-are-a-rite-of-passage.md +++ b/content/entry/psychedelics-are-a-rite-of-passage.md @@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ Psychedelics have undeniable, life-transforming benefits. They offer a way of lo Terence McKenna, American ethnobotanist and advocate for psychedelic drugs, once said: -> "I think of going to the grave without having a psychedelic experience like going to the grave without ever having sex. It means that you never figured out what it is all about..." - Terence McKenna +> "I think of going to the grave without having a psychedelic experience like going to the grave without ever having sex. It means that you never figured out what it is all about..." — Terence McKenna 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://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 someone doesn't want to take psychedelics because of lack of interest, I suspect they might not see the value anyway. 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. |