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Re:I was in the MAPS MDMA for PTSD study by wavefunction on Friday October 06, 2017 @01:26PM (#15418521)
The sad thing is that the repressed authoritarians who want to control everyone and prohibit drug use would likely benefit greatly from some recreational psychotropic experiences under the right conditions. And society would be better off as well for their experience.

Or maybe they're wound too tightly, I could be wildly optimistic.

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Re:I was in the MAPS MDMA for PTSD study by metalliqaz on Friday October 06, 2017 @02:17PM (#15419006)
You're confusing the public-facing values authoritarians claim to have vs what they actually believe.

They use things like religion, scapegoats, and wars (on drugs, terrorism, communism, etc) to whip up support. But it's just a tool. Absolute power for themselves is all they believe in. Many of them are drug users, I'm sure.

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Re:I was in the MAPS MDMA for PTSD study by wavefunction on Friday October 06, 2017 @02:23PM (#15419069)
>Many of them are drug users, I'm sure.

I should have specified a psychedelic or empathogenic drug I guess. You're probably right that they're knee-deep in depressants and stimulants.

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