“Authoritarian” is a meaningless designation in a vacuum, it can range from 8pm bedtimes for children all the way to ethnic cleansing.

It is reasonable to use government control to help salvage a nation under threat. Pragmatism, not idealism, will save Ukraine.

Yeah same. The thing that baffles me the most about this big push in psychedelics studies is the very strong deemphasis on LSD. Anecdotally, myself and most of the people around me have always preferred both its outcomes and psychedelic effects.

It almost seems like a political decision honestly, in the sense that mushrooms are an easier sell to the public due to being “natural”, but I hope this is not the case, and that even if it is, that we can eventually get high quality studies and eventual legal availability of LSD.