Posted on 06/23/2019 5:58:33 PM PDT by plain talk
In May, Denver became the first city in the nation to decriminalize psilocybin mushrooms. Voters approved a ballot initiative by such a razor-thin margin that multiple news outlets initially reported that it had failed.
It was easier in Oakland. The City Council on June 4 approved its ordinance unanimously, with little pushback. Oakland even went a step further by decriminalizing not just mushrooms but also a range of other psychoactive plants and compounds including peyote, iboga and ayahuasca. The measure, which applies only to plant-based hallucinogens and not synthetic drugs such as LSD and MDMA, does not actually legalize natural psychedelics, which remain illegal under state and federal law.
To Plazola, they’re all just plants. He said his mushroom trip last fall was the result of deep soul searching. He had just turned 50 and had a variety of careers: politics, community organizing, real estate development. He was “sort of bored.” He did yoga and mediated often but felt mentally blocked. Then he read author Michael Pollan’s bestseller “How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence.” “I was like, ‘OK, I need to try mushrooms,’ ” Plazola said.
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There is another unseen world out there...
To Plazola, they’re all just plants.
So are hemlock and poison ivy.
they’re fun, gus
. . because there aren’t enough homeless already.
No one referred to hemlock or poison ivy.
Learn how to understand English pronouns. Assimilate.
Another way to pacify the population and control them.
“People should not be taking these compounds and be wandering around the busy streets of the city” or driving, Grob said. “They should be in a quiet, contained space, ideally being monitored by someone who is not in an altered state of consciousness.”
Belladonna, morning glory seeds, and castor beans.
And fun guys ain’t plants.
Soma, it’s A Brave New World.
““They should be in a quiet, contained space, ideally being monitored by someone who is not in an altered state of consciousness.””
I took them twice in the mid-70s and my recommendation is don’t ever use them. There is nothing positive they can offer. They just make you stupid and, yeah, if anyone is dumb enough to eat them they should be monitored during their “trip” by a sober person.
No way should these be legalized.
That was Tim Leary’s approach. The West Coast way, as espoused by Ken Kesey and Alan Watts, was to trip and go about your business, out in the world.
I tried twice as well, a long time ago. Found it very interesting, but definitely far too powerful for people to mess around with them for kicks. They’re not a party drug, and don’t make you high. They rearrange your brain, and that can be dangerous as hell.
“To Plazola, they’re all just plants.
So are hemlock and poison ivy.”
Yep. Discrimination and discernment is your friend.
When you’ve experienced someone freaking out under the influence while on the roof of a mid size building ... then you understand what these drugs can do.
You were thoughtful in how you approached these drugs. Not everyone can handle these kinds of drugs without serious consequences.
In my college days there were three kinds of students — full time students, part time students and no-time students.
The two takeaways from my brief venture into psychedelics was understanding where Peter Max was coming from in his artwork and concluding the Beatles #9 made sense.
I know nothing about mushrooms, but I’m starting to come around to your overall view. I know three people that suffer from back pain ... One of them is my wife.
She got a med marijuana card. It has been six months. She doesn’t abuse it. Her quality of life has improved substantially. She no longer needs pain killers like vicodin ... She only puffs some when needed at home only.
My good friend’s wife had similar issues. She was on more harsh drugs to treat her pain. After getting the MM card, she only uses that and one antidepressant. My friend told me that it has completely changed his home life. He thought he’d live a life like a scene out of a Cheech and Chong movie.
I’m still monitoring her behavior to make sure there aren’t changes, but I am floored by how well such a cheap drug works.
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