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Re:Compass Pathways has set itself up to be the first legal ... by claudiulodro on Friday January 04, 2019 @11:41AM (#18825354)
Would you say antidepressants are not dangerous to anyone even though they cause suicidal ideation in some people? One notable mushroom incident I remember is the tourist in Amsterdam that jumped off a building after using mushrooms.[1] That being said, the solution to the issue is definitely not what the company in the article is trying to do.

[1] http://www.simplyamsterdam.nl/French_tourist_in_Amsterdam_co...

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Re:Compass Pathways has set itself up to be the first legal ... by jessaustin on Friday January 04, 2019 @10:03PM (#18829626)
That's not really what I was talking about. The unfortunate French girl harmed herself, but unless your link left out a relevant fact such as her having landed on someone, she didn't harm anyone else.
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Re:Compass Pathways has set itself up to be the first legal ... by RyJones on Saturday January 05, 2019 @02:37AM (#18830482)
Her family might disagree that nobody else was hurt. The people tasked with cleaning her of the pavement may disagree, as well.

Not all externalities of drug use are physical.

I'm extremely pro-legalized everything. I find your callous disregard alarming.

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Re:Compass Pathways has set itself up to be the first legal ... by jessaustin on Saturday January 05, 2019 @06:02AM (#18831056)
Sure, let's have a Drug War to make it easier on the sidewalk cleaners. All the murder, all the injustice, all the expense, it's totally worth it because psilocybin is the only reason anyone ever jumped off a building. "Callous disregard", indeed.
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Re:Compass Pathways has set itself up to be the first legal ... by toufiqbarhamov on Saturday January 05, 2019 @10:11AM (#18831987)
I'm extremely pro-legalized everything.

How did you get from there to, Sure, let’s have a Drug War?

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Re:Compass Pathways has set itself up to be the first legal ... by jessaustin on Monday January 07, 2019 @02:41PM (#18849164)
In writing that, I was just paraphrasing GP in an ironic way. Of course I don't support any Drug War. I realize that means that drugs should be legal.
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