When you add all the other scheduled drugs that have no state level recreational framework, then you no studies and you also have a compounded supply chain problem where nobody knows what they’re actually consuming
There are molecule combinations out there which can cause instant parkinson’s disease
nobody can give a real case about “the friend of friend” who went crazy because of the illegality and imagined or real liability
and its not fair to say “this drug is perfectly safe stop fearmongering, oh wait you should have known about your family history of schizophrenia never mind then lol too late, but everyone else dont listen to that person” this isn’t directed at you, just a collection of things said in the psychadelic community pretty reliably
bothersome.
This is a very good point. I'm not going to suggest that the commonly cited anecdotes are all wrong or misguided, but a lot of well meaning people throw around anecdotes but just like a discussion about flat earthers, everyone knows about them but virtually nobody seems to actually know any personally.
In 2016 the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) cited 37,461 people died due to automobile accidents. Those are easily traceable numbers because they create a tremendous amount of paperwork and news articles.
But with psychedelics there is a very odd disconnect between the perception of their danger and the extreme lack of actual medical/scientific evidence that actually gets cited.
Is this real or exaggeration for effect? It sounds implausible...
Simulatable in primates and mice by giving them this drug.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPTP
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00000360.htm
Be careful out there, test your drugs.
It's not instant but it's very scary stuff and 100% incurable.
It's actually pretty annoying, as I have a health condition that it might help with, and furthermore I used to really enjoy recreational use.
No source, just anecdata, the circles I run in.