The weak science behind psychedelics

paulpauper 10/27/2024|

I was wrong. sorry about this comment which I am unable to remove

yarg 10/27/2024||

> The science behind this stuff has always been weak and subjective or due to placebo effects. Give someone a sugar pill and tell them it's psychedelic , and some may actually feel something.

(Replying to the comment that you made before completely rewriting it.)

You're completely wrong about the sugar pill (or at least whether or not it matters) - it's one of the issues with psychedelic medicines: there's no viable placebo at higher doses, and it's the higher doses that seem to have the deepest and longest lasting impact on depression.

codr7 10/27/2024||

In other words, you've never tried a serious dose of acid or shrooms (not to mention dmt) and now you look like a fool to anyone who has.

Most people certainly aren't capable of having the same kind of experience without the substance, goes for all of the ones I mentioned and more.

And while we haven't been able to do the amount of science one could wish for, because of criminalization; there's plenty of experience out there and enough science to understand how the drugs deliver their effect.

yowayb 10/27/2024|

Around the beginning of the micro-dosing trend, I went to Colorado for a String Cheese Incident concert, and met a group of people that follow the band on your and attend multiple shows. Some of these people had been frying acid for 4 days in a row, and doing nothing of consequence.

Using psychedelics to improve anything (except maybe some forms of art) seems to me like when writers would drink to help them write. There's never going to be any rigorous evidence for any benefit.

block_dagger 10/27/2024|

My personal experience with LSD as a youth was positive, therapeutic, mind opening. However, I saw others abuse it or react negatively, including a close acquaintance jumping out of a moving car while tripping, resulting in his death. Your mileage will vary greatly.