Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Silicon Valley acid trip? Taking small doses of LSD ("microdosing") becoming popular in Bay Area
American Thinker ^ | 11/29/2015 | Carol Brown

Posted on 11/29/2015 4:08:13 PM PST by SeekAndFind

Taking small doses of LSD ("microdosing") is said to be becoming popular in the Bay area of California. People working in competitive high tech settings are using it to increase creativity and productivity. Breitbart reports:

One tech startup worker from San Francisco who spoke anonymously to Rolling Stone said he takes "microdoses" in his free time and sometimes at the office. A microdose is described as approximately 10 micrograms of LSD or 0.2-0.5 grams of mushrooms.

"Microdosing has helped me come up with some new designs to explore and new ways of thinking," the anonymous tech worker RS refers to as Ken told the outlet. "You would be surprised at how many people are actually doing it. It's crazy awesome." (snip)

Taking hallucinogenic drugs for performance is by no means a new concept. In January of this year CNN Money reported on psychedelic drug use in Silicon Valley as a means of increasing creativity.

"The billionaires I know, almost without exception, use hallucinogens on a regular basis," Silicon Valley investor Tim Ferriss told the outlet. "[They're] trying to be very disruptive and look at the problems in the world ... and ask completely new questions."

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: acid; lsd; siliconvalley; wod
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-44 next last

1 posted on 11/29/2015 4:08:13 PM PST by SeekAndFind
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

I don’t see LSD as being physically addicting, especially at a micro-dosage. There’s really no craving for it.


2 posted on 11/29/2015 4:14:11 PM PST by sparklite2 (Islam = all bathwater, no baby.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

Are the 60’s back?


3 posted on 11/29/2015 4:16:49 PM PST by Patriot Babe
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: sparklite2

It may cause cancer though.


4 posted on 11/29/2015 4:17:38 PM PST by Bogie
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

look at the problems in the world ... and ask completely new questions
Yeah like global warming is the direct result of terrorism, global warmIng is more threatening the RADICAL ISLAM, (Sweden)I was raped by a refugee but I fell sorry for him, black lives matter only when a white cop is involved, white people for white priviledge, affirmative action gets us the brightest and most intelligent candidates for employment and political office,Obama’s a chritian and a US citizen we could be here for some time, you get the jist, funny it werent true


5 posted on 11/29/2015 4:17:44 PM PST by ronnie raygun
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: sparklite2

This explains a lot of what is going on in the world.


6 posted on 11/29/2015 4:18:34 PM PST by WorkingClassFilth
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: sparklite2

Except when you take it and trip that you haven’t taken it. So you take more.


7 posted on 11/29/2015 4:20:51 PM PST by AppyPappy (If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: WorkingClassFilth

And, of course, everyone knows that Space X can’t compete with Russia.


8 posted on 11/29/2015 4:21:32 PM PST by Bogie
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

Asperger’s syndrome and autism are very common in Silicon Valley.

So who would notice a little LSDing.

Temple Grandin: ‘Half of Silicon Valley’s got mild autism’

http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_24956222/temple-grandin-half-silicon-valleys-got-mild-autism


9 posted on 11/29/2015 4:23:01 PM PST by Grampa Dave (Syrians escape to live well in US & EU..Our troops go to Syria to die in their place. More Obamacrap)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

Yup, really gets the creative juices flowing. Once invented a new way of playing solitaire. Any card on any other card. You win every time.


10 posted on 11/29/2015 4:25:01 PM PST by jwalsh07 (.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

As one of the Breitbart commenters said - this explains the Zune.


11 posted on 11/29/2015 4:27:53 PM PST by PlateOfShrimp
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: jwalsh07

I was always scared of trying that. I guess I like staying inside my brain.


12 posted on 11/29/2015 4:29:42 PM PST by Vermont Lt (I had student debt. It came from a bank. Not from the Govt.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

That explains it all.


13 posted on 11/29/2015 4:30:27 PM PST by Savage Beast ("History is not just cruel. It's witty." ~Charles Krauthammer)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

Anyone who thinks they are “expanding their mind” with drugs is fooling themselves.


14 posted on 11/29/2015 4:30:59 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (There's a right to gay marriage in the Constitution but there is no right of an unborn baby to life.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

So they don’t have TRUE talent there and this is a result?


15 posted on 11/29/2015 4:35:22 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (I'm fed up.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: WorkingClassFilth

16 posted on 11/29/2015 4:37:21 PM PST by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

Morons.


17 posted on 11/29/2015 4:41:25 PM PST by bgill ( CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

Microdosing on microdot?


18 posted on 11/29/2015 4:51:12 PM PST by printhead (Standard & Poor - Poor is the new standard.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

OMGOSH, I wonder if they talk to the ‘aliens’ in space, or on other planets??? And we wonder what is wrong with this Country....not hard to figure out anymore....


19 posted on 11/29/2015 4:52:54 PM PST by HarleyLady27 (I have such happy days, I hope you do too!!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Vermont Lt

I had a misspent youth.


20 posted on 11/29/2015 4:53:07 PM PST by jwalsh07 (.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-44 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson