Psychedelics: Mind Expanding or Society Destroying?

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Psychedelics have long been vilified in American politics and the media. But in recent years, substances like LSD and psilocybin have reemerged and been lauded for their therapeutic potential. But these developments raise a lot of questions: What are psychedelics really for, and how should we be using them? And, for that matter, are psychedelics inherently philosophical? Let’s find out in this Wisecrack Edition on Psychedelics: Will Psychedelics Change The World?

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46 thoughts on “Psychedelics: Mind Expanding or Society Destroying?”

  2. Collectivity against individuals, the endoctrination can be anonymous without repercussions but the prejudice is real and may last a lifetime, destroy family ties (toxic "perfect" families happen too), etc.

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  4. I don't know about Schedule35 but Compass is trying to patent psilocybin use as a treatment for multiple mental health issues. What is lost is the cultural practices and context provided, traditionally by shamans. Taking psychedelics in a forest with a group of others that are experienced in talking through concepts is not the same as taking them at home or in a doctor's sterile clinic room. Just as silicon valley tech bros bringing systemic efficiencies to cannabis growing has threatened to wipe out traditional growers so the capitalisation of psychedelics risks endangering the truly valuable wisdom around their use.

    Without that wisdom it can still be great recreationally and you can come to some profound realisations, especially when you start to open your perception to other cultures and peoples.

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  5. Remember guys HPPD can be a very terrible VERY REAL PERMANENT side effect of doing psychedelics. Everyone reacts and experiences to psychedelic's differently. You can get PTSD from these experiences. Not trying to tell people to stay away from psychedelic's but inform others that everything from these drugs are sunshine and lollipops. Do your research and be aware of what can happen during and after your experience. Also TEST YOUR DRUGS because a lot more than not you are not getting just straight LSD or whatever drug you just bought off the street. Be careful and aware about what your putting in your body. Also psychedelics alone will also not cure your depression, It may show you something that may TEMPORARILY may change the way you see the world but if you are not putting in some major mental work you will just go back to the same feeling you had before you had taken the psychedelic. It can also have some terrible effects on your brain if you constantly take it. Be careful what you do to your brain, its the most complex and fragile organ that NO ONE yet FULLY understands.

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  8. I gotta say the irony of that closing statement right into the sponsored segment was not lost on me.

    But seriously tho this video is a great look at the history, and somebody's gotta put in the work of making this stuff.

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  9. I do think the video easy is lacking a more profund exploration of the relationship between psycodelics use and psicosis for people schizophrenia-spectrum. As a survivor of many psicotic episodes (from my mother, muy brother and my cousin) I can say, that a bad outcome off using psicodelics is not a myth. I do think that psicodelics shouldn't be criminalize and the reached of therapeutic use is positive…but denieng that toxic psicosis exit, is painful to me. (Sorry for my broken English this is my second language)

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  10. Damn is there a video on why conservatives gotta be such dickheads all the time? I mean goddamn some young people don't wanna throw their lives away murdering Vietnamese people half a world away for the sake of US imperialism and all the sudden they gotta ban all the drugs, and throw black people under the bus at the same time just cause, you know, America.

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  22. In my younger years I have taken a wide range of psychedelics and have always given first users and beginners these tips; use it in a place you know and are comfortable in, use with a few friends and have a friend that doesn't use there as a "trip sitter" (aka, using LSD at a big party isn't often a good idea).
    Also, don't use if you are mentally unstable, psychedelics have a tendency to enhance and confront you with your emotions and this can lead to the so called "bad trip" or "flash backs".

    Now I don't say these things to scare people, they are just a few tips that hopefully will make your trip more enjoyable and most of all saver. Because there are risks.

    Keeping all these things in mind, someone (micro) using on their own without proper guidance seems like a bad idea, especially if this person is doing so because of depression.

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  27. I wonder why there is no negative or at least middle-ground comments.

    1. Video is partnered with a COMMERCIAL company which might have influenced the way how video was made, and indeed video lacks substantial critique of the substances. Yes, critique is needed because even psychological therapies undergo through a lot of review (e.g., CBT and psychoanalysis are strongly criticized while also praised) same with SSRI if you need a medical example.

    2. This is internet. Unless you’re posting a video with cats there will always be a comment on how someone disagrees with the author and this comment might even get to the top. I scrolled through the first hundred and everyone was just clapping or staring that experience was 100% worth trying and they want to do more. This means that we entered an echo chamber and the whole audience is stuck in the bubble of open minded. This might be also a sign that the content of the video was made in the way that no critique seemed relevant (strongly doubting that but still listing). Wisecrack might have also deleted all negative comments that were made during the first day.

    Anyway, video reminde me that wisecrack is as corruptible as any other source of media on YT. If you’re paid enough, a channel will make a borderline propaganda even if it contradicts to the core beliefs of the channel itself.

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  28. A bad trip on psychedelics is like walking through hell. And yes it will fade, but you are stuck for what seems like forever. Very scary. The highs are very high, but the lows are very low.

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  31. Most folks I know who have taken psychedelics regularly may have experienced claimed life changing perception of how humans relate to each other, personal goals, and improvements in aspects of their mental health, very few if any have had significant change in political ideology. If anything, they have become more staunchly liberal and ignorant of existing power structures in favor of an atomized world view based around their own personal actions. Does anyone else feel this way?

    I do know many who have significantly improved their mental and physical health through the use of these medicines combined with other treatments though.

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  33. A lot of people talk about these otherworldly experiences and honestly it seems terrifying to lose sense of reality. I rarely get nightmares, but what would concern me is all the repressed trauma and emotional baggage from the past bubbling up and driving me to psychosis. I've never done it so obviously I don't know, but losing control of myself seems like a scary prospect.

    The closest thing I could relate it to that I actually do experience is the awe which can be instigated by natural beauty, music and learning science about the natural world.

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  35. Here is what I took away from this: A generation of Americans, whose parents and grandparents were steeped in the need for separation as they were either in or recently removed from an era of Civil unrest thanks to the Civil war (and still not sure how to deal with this race of humans that they once called servants and slaves running around free), who could not use the drug to overtake their enemies block the drug, while a generation whose parents were about coming together and creating connection, and grand parents who are tired of what war brnigs wish to use this long locked away power to fix the world? I find it fascinating.

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  37. when you mention "never tripping off bread" during the times of christ, its important to know that ergot poison tripping, or eating moldy bread, was all the rage back then. It's also what LSD is a derivative of. Thanks for creating a dialogue about a very important topic!

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  40. oh yeah, cocaine is a hell of a drug… I like it more than alchohol. played some games of HALO with my old Master and a buddy of ours, and boy howdy that gameplay was compilation-worthy let me tell you XD

    but it is…a hell of a drug… pretty sure I'm past my prime so marching powder is DEFINITELY off the menu as I enter my 40s.

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  41. i still can't help but be amused to know that i spent 3 years in prison for possession of both LSD and MDMA. it's just so cool watching all the benefits of these being publicized by corporations and celebrities while i'm forever branded as a criminal.

    god bless america, right?

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