Comment by zer00eyz 4 days ago
> drug LSD, which is used to treat conditions like depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and addiction.
Umm, ok, sure thats what it's used for.
That one sentence just points to a large issue with the whole tone of this article. Clearly LSD is still a problem child.
are you saying alcoholics are desirables because I have a different view on them
It's extremely well-known and documented that the War on Drugs was racially motivated, and hence drugs used by certain minority groups more than the majority white population were made illegal.
GP's comment isn't suggesting alcoholics are desirable, but that people who preferred alcohol over other drugs were historically part of the "desirable" group. That's my reading of GP's intent, anyway.
are you acknowledging that alcohol was made illegal in the US for white people and only re-legalized after those laws proved unenforceable and fed the growth of white organized crime?
there was a lot of racism in US legal history, but don't try to make drugs and white people who wanted to do drugs the victims, it was non-white people who were the victims directly.
Indeed. “LSD: My Problem Child” is the name of Hofmann’s book:
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/lsd-9780198840206?la...
You should read / watch Michael Pollan’s “How to change your mind” https://m.imdb.com/title/tt21062540/
why so? this is probably the direction he wanted to go if i can recall his book (problem child) correctly
the more insight into the synthesis of a pro-therapeutic substance, the easier (i guess) is to remove the undesirable effects (what recreational people want)
How is it a problem child? The only problem is the fed's blanket ban of it like many other drugs that do have known medical uses. Feds still classify marijuana as schedule 1 with no medical uses, and yet multiple states allow you to buy it freely. Just don't invite the feds to your house.
“LSD: My Problem Child” is the name of Hofmann’s book.
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/lsd-9780198840206?la...
Please be serious: alcohol is a real problem child but it’s widely used and legal.
Cannabis and LSD have their issues, sure; but, so do so many other drugs that aren’t schedule I.
Scheduled drugs are simply politicized to separate the ‘desirables’ from the ‘un-‘.