Denver to vote on whether to decriminalize 'magic mushrooms'

Re:Denver to vote on whether to decriminalize 'magic mushrooms' by naasking on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @09:30AM (#19085538)

> It can trigger deep psychosis which can take people years to come back from, or even permanently 'break' personalities and make people worse human beings.

No link found between psychedelics and psychosis:

https://www.nature.com/news/no-link-found-between-psychedeli...

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Re:Denver to vote on whether to decriminalize 'magic mushrooms' by deevolution on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @09:40AM (#19085602)

Happened to a family member. Very upsetting and unfortunate.

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Re:Denver to vote on whether to decriminalize 'magic mushrooms' by naasking on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @10:06AM (#19085870)

I'm sorry to hear that, but you honestly have no idea if the psychedelic actually caused it. Any number of environmental factors could be at play. No doubt that they will cause issues in some folks, but as the link I provided shows, there's no reason to think they will cause it at any greater rate than other factors we encounter daily.

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Re:Denver to vote on whether to decriminalize 'magic mushrooms' by felix_nagaand on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @09:45AM (#19085653)

Could be related to other drug use. Most trippers experiment with other stuff. Coke, alcohol, math and marijuana all can trigger psychosis.

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Re:Denver to vote on whether to decriminalize 'magic mushrooms' by wwasilev on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @12:33PM (#19087430)

Don't do math! Math will change you! ;)

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