An Untold Story of LSD Psychotherapy in Communist Czechoslovakia

Re:An Untold Story of LSD Psychotherapy in Communist Czechos... by chimeracoder on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @05:41PM (#38848068)

> That's because it's dangerous. Even good old weed can provoke psychosis, never mind LSD and mushrooms. Case in point: https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/off-duty-... > > LSD, ketamine, and other chemicals seem to be working for some people. But it doesn't mean that they're completely _safe_.

Nobody should ever be getting behind the wheel of a car, let alone the cockpit of a plane, if they have not slept in 40+ hours.

There are lots of things that went wrong in that story, at multiple points. Using it to conclude that drugs are categorically unsafe, and therefore should be criminalized, is the wrong takeaway.

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Re:An Untold Story of LSD Psychotherapy in Communist Czechos... by cyberax on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @07:52PM (#38849325)

I'm not saying that psychedelics should be criminalized. I'm saying that they are not just some fun toys that should be allowed to be used without medical supervision.

> Nobody should ever be getting behind the wheel of a car, let alone the cockpit of a plane, if they have not slept in 40+ hours.

Yeah, just imagine if he actually had a doctor checking on him after he used psychedelics.

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