Thursday, April 27, 2023
Are You Tripping?
Psychedelic evangelists are positioning hallucinogenic medicine as “the future of mental healthcare.” Psychedelics, we’re assured, will ease the mental health crisis in the United States. More specifically, psychedelic-assisted therapy is being championed as a potential solution in the treatment of depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, as a new report published by Dr. Robin J. Jacobs, a professor of medical education at NSU Florida, and four of her medical students stresses, all the hype is contradicted by one significant fact. The physicians of tomorrow, they note, will be “at the forefront” of the psychedelic-assisted therapy revolution. Yet these future “gatekeepers” receive little or no training in the use of psychedelics. In short, psychedelics are here, but most doctors don’t know how to administer them effectively.
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Jokes and potential for abuse aside... there was some very successful therapy developed involving guided LSD experiences with trained psychologists to treat alcoholism and PTSD, but was halted when fedgov ran all psychedelics into schedule whatever, making funding the research impossible.
ReplyDeleteNo matter what mental disease you suffer from, vote for the democrats. They'll make sure you keep this one and will add many more.
ReplyDeletePsychedelics cant be much worse than the hideous mix of psychotropic poisons they currently prescribe.
ReplyDeleteThis is going on in the UK too!
ReplyDeleteUniversity of Exeter launches world's first postgraduate qualification in Psychedelic Studies
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/university-exeter-launches-worlds-first-8379672
Leary and others demonstrated significant applications for psilocybin and other psychedelics in the mid 60s. BigPharma had other plans (all those drugs that lead to suicide and mass shootings...and profits) so they were shut down. Much like the incredible potentials for cannabinoid components of cannabis, the utility requires OPEN AND LEGAL research, free of government protectionist-based restrictions on behalf of BigPharma. Maybe the bigger problem is that folks will be turning to the same useless psychiatrists that know nothing, are of no help, and only know how to hand out dangerous drugs. Maybe a new group of folks who actually want to help people need to rise up and be the "guides" that help people use these properly.
ReplyDeleteFar Out Man!!!
ReplyDeleteLSD, Psilocibin and mdma derivities have their uses.
ReplyDeleteMescaline and Ayahusca have their specific uses.
What the intrepid traveller chooses and discards are a reflection of those who are experienced.
"Are You Tripping?" No, but some days I rrreeeaaalllyyy wish I were. ;-))
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You wanna trip? Just walk through the cow pasture with me & you can pick all the tripping you want. Been raining all day, tomorrow will be a good day for mushrooms. I've had my fill of them.
ReplyDeletewish I could, thanks.
DeleteI highly recommend lsd in a calm secure private area in relative moderation. It has been 20 years since the last time I took it. Too much is unpleasant, but a small amount very rarely is really very helpful.
ReplyDeleteSteve in KY
Also most psychologists are cabal and wicked.
ReplyDeleteSteve in KY
Huxley had something about doors
ReplyDeleteDoors of Perception. Reading the book motivated me to give shrooms a try.
DeleteAfter the many dozens of times I've tripped on LSD & shrooms, I think it would be incredible to somehow make micro dosing more accessible.
ReplyDeleteThis is coming from someone who has really bad social anxieties. I know that if I could buy some low dose LSD or shrooms, I be a more normal human. Just sayin'.
I dropped so much acid back in the day, I'm the most sane, balanced, well-adjusted person on the planet. Just ask my therapist.
ReplyDeleteBack in the day (about 50 years ago), my buddies and I noticed that after a good mushroom trip, we had no interest in weed, booze, tobacco, etc for days to weeks. Several kicked their tobacco habit, a couple more their booze habit, (and a few that had far worse monkeys on their back) by simply doing mushrooms when the cravings came back. Now, 50 years later, the "medical establishment" has made this great discovery. I have to wonder how much is going to be spent on "research grants" to "study" the issue.
ReplyDeleteBad bad bad idea. That shit makes people very open to suggestions. And I promise you the shrinks/guides will be fill people with crazy ass progressive ideas. Like the MFs are crazy enough as it is. And yes I did plenty of it back in the day.
ReplyDeleteSaw a video a few months ago with one of those 'doctors' doing a study of this at Harvard. You do know about the shit going on at Harvard right. Anyhow he was giving people MEGA doses and then doing 'programming' on them to help make them 'better' - I hope you get the idea.
Let me tell you about the mass psychedelic therapy session we held at an outdoor festival featuring The Allman Brothers Band back in about 1974. Some guy brought a big jar of LSD blotters that he was selling for $1 each. We got so weird that the band made comments about the crowd and they played for several hours.
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Ayahuasca, Psilocibin, etc, have been shown to reduce, if not eliminate PTSD, depression, etc. Unfortunately, it's still an uphill battle against decades of propaganda and those that are unable to accept the fact that big government colluded with corporations and lied to them. Gota wonder why one and done psychedelics were put on the schedule I list, while SSRIs are prescribed like candy? Who profits? heh.
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