Psychedelic Chem-mystery

[Tarantism]

lets rewind for a minute, and remember the destructive psychedelic 60's. chemestry and psychedelics loved each other! there was much to be learned and there was even that slogan "better living through chemestry!".

then the main (and most scientifically interesting) psychedelics were put on scedule one, every chemist had to turn in his/her drugs, also any paperwork and research results to the government. a bright, wide-open door had been closed. all of the sudden no chemest is interested in psychedelics, and research halted in the US for 30 years.

then Rick Strassman, MD., performed the first government-sanctioned psychedelic test in 30 years, proving, at least in my eyes, that psychedelic research IS possible...however nearly every chemest that i have talked to discourages it!

it is my personal belief that there is much to be learned from the psychedelics, (ex: LSD has been shown to help improve the mental states of skitzophranic patients, psilocyben had uses in psychietry, and woth DMT the doors are wide open that one could start nearly anywhere with its research.) so what i want to know is "where have all the psychedelic chemests gone?".

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[nesta]

they're there. making psychedelics for those that actually are willing to use them....i.e. they're underground.


if you'd read DMT: The Spirit Molecule all the way to the end and actually comprehended it, you could tell us all EXACTLY why psychedelics are NOT useful in the modern therepeutic/research setting. if anything they're counterproductive. nobody wants to trip balls in a sterile white hospital room full of strangers with clipboards monitoring them. no government agency would permit research or therapy involving human use of psychedelics in a casual setting such as the patient's home or in a park, exposing the public to a potentially dangerous individual who reacts negatively to the chemicals.

psychedelics can teach a lot, but ONLY in VERY certain situations and only for those who receive them well. they are not a tried and true path to enlightenment and they are not good or bad in and of themselves. they're simply tools. wielded properly they can be very constructive and positive, but wielded improperly, they can be as destructive as weapons....