Because there’s this guy called Bonnie Prince Bob who called himself a socialist and openly and publicly advocates its use… despite the fact that “psychedelics” are drugs. Like cocaine is a drug.

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    There’s nothing wrong with drugs per se. Psychedelics are fun recreational drugs that don’t have a lot of harm, and the harms they have are mostly because they’re illegal. I also think being against drugs in general is kind of reactionary. Because there’s a huge difference in LSD and heroin. And alcohol is a drug on the same level of cocaine imo but that doesn’t mean I’m in favour of banning it, so why ban other drugs? People using drugs also says nothing about how socialist they are. Even if they’re addicted, because then they are a victim.

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      I disagree only on the grounds of, I do not see these things (DMT, psilocybin , etc) as recreational and I think the reason they have any bad rap is because they are treated as such. Things like psilocybin are an amazing meditative and medicinal tool to open, and even heal your mind. But doing them recreationally like they are weed or something? I would never advocate for that.

      But otherwise I agree we are way too quick to pop off with “drugs bad,” just because “illegal.” I can go to any country in asia, and go drink enough alcohol to kill myself. Meanwhile it’s next to impossible to kill yourself, or hurt others, with something like weed, but get caught with it and your life is over.

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        Recreational doesn’t mean abusing them. And when I think of medicinal use I’m thinking inside a hospital or something. I think what you’re talking about is also recreational.

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          I guess my meaning was more, they should be taken more seriously then just popping out and doing them for shits and giggles. Like you gotta be in the right frame of mind,know what to expect, prepare for it etc. To me, “recreational” does a disservice to the impact these can have on you. When I think of “recreational” I think more of “haha fun let’s get fucked up” and less “I’m going to analyze existence for a while as I melt into a formless being of pure thought and emotion.” There’s probably a better term for it, but I feel like you get the point and it’s just semantics at this point. lol