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Re:Psychedelic Mushrooms Are Closer to Medicinal Use by jrace on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @06:08PM (#18135247)
You are using an experience of a "mentally stable" person to dictate the treatment of "mentally unstable" people.

The effects of Ritalin on a non-ADHD person are the opposite to what happens when an ADHD person takes them.

I appreciate the spirit behind your message however.

I think we are at the point where we can start research with mentally unstable people. It has been shown that there is little permanent issues from taking LSD or Mushrooms responsibly.

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Re:Psychedelic Mushrooms Are Closer to Medicinal Use by uxp100 on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @07:27PM (#18135668)
>The effects of Ritalin on a non-ADHD person are the opposite to what happens when an ADHD person takes them.

I believe this is false.

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Re:Psychedelic Mushrooms Are Closer to Medicinal Use by blacksmith_tb on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @07:53PM (#18135828)
"Opposite" may be an overstatement[1], but I take it the general argument is basically a pharmacological version of "one man's meat[2]"

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methylphenidate#Uses

2: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/one_man%27s_meat_is_another_m...

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