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Re:Psychedelics May Ease Cancer Patients’ Depression, Anxiety by throwaway684936 on Saturday April 02, 2022 @01:58PM (#30890216)
> I have personally witnessed psychedelics enlightening minds, but also destroying them.

As with any drug. Any drug that can heal can also hurt. All drugs are a risk. Compare the rare side effects of psychedelics to the horrible (and also rare) side effects like Stevens-Johnson syndrome that you'll see in pharmaceuticals, the same ones that save people's lives.

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Re:Psychedelics May Ease Cancer Patients’ Depression, Anxiety by root_axis on Saturday April 02, 2022 @03:26PM (#30890959)
> Compare the rare side effects of psychedelics

I don't know if we have enough scientific data to say how rare they are. My anecdotal experience (including my own as an individual afflicted by HPPD) makes me believe they are not as rare as is often suggested.

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