A Cult Phenomenon
...along with its newfound respectability, the widespread use of psychedelic drugs in therapy and for spiritual growth has attracted some pretty unscrupulous individuals.
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Ayahuasca Bros
What is it about having consumed hallucinogenic tea in a remote forest clearing, and as a result, spending the next few hours first vomiting, then hallucinating, and finally alternating between euphoria and intense fear, that could possibly transform the user into better, more effective corporate leader?
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Heard of HPPD?
A whole range of psychedelic substances can apparently trigger HPPD
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The Psychonaut as CEO
It appears to attract younger CEO’s from industries such as technology, entertainment, and high finance. It’s here that we encounter language such as ‘visioning’, ‘aspirationalizing’, and ‘future-proofing’, whatever that may be.
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More about “The Pink Stuff”
…pink cocaine could be classified as a stimulant (MDMA), a psychedelic (the aforementioned 2-CB), and a dissociative anesthetic (ketamine). Along with whatever else the outlaw chemist may have had lying around the lab at the time.
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Mean Green
At this point in the US, there are allegedly a couple of hundred thousand people who would reasonably qualify as ketamine-addicted.
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Moms and Mushrooms
Before that, however, there were the amphetamines, introduced to America’s moms as aids to weight loss and a source of much-needed pep.
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It’s Not Magic
Psilocybin is of course a Schedule One controlled substance, while amanita is not. As a result, the amanita products are “…often marketed as a dietary supplement…”
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A Bad Mistake
Problem: even if society passes good laws to regulate sales, how can we enforce them?
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Approving Psychedelics
The organization formed… as a public-benefit corporation, in anticipation that MDMA-assisted therapy would win FDA approval and start to reap taxable revenue that it couldn’t manage as a nonprofit.
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School for Psychedelics
Presumably, a licensed facilitator would be required to sign a code of ethical conduct, and would be subject to suspension or loss of license in the event they were found guilty of misbehavior.
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Two Ketamine Fatalities
“During our training, we were told numerous times that this is a safe, effective drug,” one of the two testified.
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