Most drugs are claimed to have some therapeutic quality by users – that doesn’t mean they’re safe or healthy with no adverse side-effects or long-term consequences. Crackheads I’m sure would give their drug of choice high scores on a survey and claim it improves their mood too.
So the elite mall crowd taking ketamine what happens afterwards? Do they return to cruising the cosmetic counters in Bloomingdales? I find it hard to believe that after an intense mystical experience …..
My first “accidental” LSD trip at age 17 many decades ago was life-changing in a positive way. It included the mysticism, the challenge, the psychological reprogramming mentioned in the article.
I quit running around, got a job, stayed home at nights studying. The changes enabled me to be accepted at university. I worked my way through college, still taking LSD occasionally and smoking pot regularly. Later on entered a “rocket scientist” career and made a ton of money before I retired. I’ve never had a bad trip.
Legalization is meaningless. I’ve never had any hassle obtaining LSD or any drug, and I’ve never been arrested on a drug charge, even though I’ve used them for over 50 years.
Thank you, Shaginaw. I’m 72, and I dropped acid when I was 17 also. Changed my life. Deep depression gave way to resounding hope. I went from flunking school to being number one student. I’ve retired from a good career in IT, and I remain eternally grateful for LSD.
Likely so. Finally there can be useful research as in the early 1950s instead of a Leary-type craze.
Psychedelics impair reality contact. They can make adverse future problems that need to be prepared for appear as not a problem.
Most drugs are claimed to have some therapeutic quality by users – that doesn’t mean they’re safe or healthy with no adverse side-effects or long-term consequences. Crackheads I’m sure would give their drug of choice high scores on a survey and claim it improves their mood too.
So the elite mall crowd taking ketamine what happens afterwards? Do they return to cruising the cosmetic counters in Bloomingdales? I find it hard to believe that after an intense mystical experience …..
you consider the people at the cosmetic counter at bloomingdales the elite? p.s. no one shops at bloomingdales anymore this is 2023.
The topic of this article is like a flash-back from the sixties. Let the reader beware.
My first “accidental” LSD trip at age 17 many decades ago was life-changing in a positive way. It included the mysticism, the challenge, the psychological reprogramming mentioned in the article.
I quit running around, got a job, stayed home at nights studying. The changes enabled me to be accepted at university. I worked my way through college, still taking LSD occasionally and smoking pot regularly. Later on entered a “rocket scientist” career and made a ton of money before I retired. I’ve never had a bad trip.
Legalization is meaningless. I’ve never had any hassle obtaining LSD or any drug, and I’ve never been arrested on a drug charge, even though I’ve used them for over 50 years.
Thank you, Shaginaw. I’m 72, and I dropped acid when I was 17 also. Changed my life. Deep depression gave way to resounding hope. I went from flunking school to being number one student. I’ve retired from a good career in IT, and I remain eternally grateful for LSD.
“psychedelic stupor?!” Oxymoron of the centruy.