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Re:Magic mushrooms are changing the lives of terminal cancer... by Noos on Thursday November 26, 2020 @04:11PM (#25223554)
The problem is we are talking about something that is orthogonal to the effect. An example is more like getting prescribed anti-depressants for back pain. I hear it helps with the pain, but you are getting personality alteration as a side effect with it.

Like if im suffering pain, I don't want to get drug-induced quasi religious epiphanies from psychedelics. I Just want the pain managed. And what's really annoying about LSD is how it keeps getting promoted as a wonder drug here.

What happens when docs start prescribing it for back pain too?

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Re:Magic mushrooms are changing the lives of terminal cancer... by jgwil2 on Friday November 27, 2020 @04:42PM (#25232818)
It's not just about pain management - it's about accepting and making peace with dying. If there's a possibility that a drug can make this process easier for terminally ill patients, why would you object to its use by people who choose it?
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Re:Magic mushrooms are changing the lives of terminal cancer... by didibus on Thursday November 26, 2020 @04:40PM (#25223716)
> Like if im suffering pain, I don't want to get drug-induced quasi religious epiphanies from psychedelics

That's you buddy. Then don't take it. Others who have chronic back pain might be totally fine with this.

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