Several articles are currently circulating about how ‘shrooms can benefit cancer patients; however, for those of us who’ve experienced “magic mushrooms,” the fact that they can help cancer patients relax isn’t surprising. They can also help cancer patients, and others, discover the origins of tie dye, get lost in conversation about topics across the spectrum and encourage an overall sense of well being.
If we’ve got to lay out every drug in the world on a spectrum that goes from “good” to “bad,” psilocybin (aka ‘shrooms) would be closer to the good end than a lot of FDA-approved prescription drugs. Same goes for marijuana being a better choice than the processed, chemical-filled pills the government and pharmaceutical companies would prefer we ingest. But, we know that already. Now to change our antiquated laws so we can take the medicines we prefer.
I’ve decided the only way to help legislators understand the benefits of non-harmful, but currently illegal, drugs is to get them stoned thoroughly and regularly. I’m betting that, in addition to legalizing pot and ‘shrooms, they’ll get closer than ever to solving our world’s lack-of-peace problem, they’ll realize the value of the natural world and they’ll stop worrying so much about their public facades. Oh, yeah, and they’ll likely boost the budget with the taxes they’ll impose on these drugs — taxes dealers and users would love to pay so they can spend more time enjoying their trips and less time worrying about getting busted for doing something harmless.
Another bonus: When we start legalizing these types of products and medicines, we’ll also start saving some of the money and lives we’re currently losing in the war on drugs.
So, what do you think? Who wants to help Washington and Raleigh get baked?
Further reading: Marijuana Eases Neuropathic Pain — MedPageToday.com
TWO years ago, CNN ran this news story on the benefits of ‘shrooms:
This article appears in Jan 1 – Dec 31, 2020.
Based on the unalterable proviso that drug use is essentially an unstoppable and ongoing human behavior which has been with us since the dawn of time, any serious reading on the subject of past attempts at any form of drug prohibition would point most normal thinking people in the direction of sensible regulation.
By its very nature, prohibition cannot fail but create a vast increase in criminal activity, and rather than preventing society from descending into anarchy, it actually fosters an anarchic business model – the international Drug Trade. Any decisions concerning quality, quantity, distribution and availability are then left in the hands of unregulated, anonymous and ruthless drug dealers, who are interested only in the huge profits involved. Thus the allure of this reliable and lucrative industry with it’s enormous income potential that consistently outweighs the risks associated with the illegal operations that such a trade entails, will remain with us until we are collectively forced to admit the obvious.
There is therefore an irrefutable connection between drug prohibition and the crime, corruption, disease and death it causes. Anybody ‘halfway bright’, and who’s not psychologically challenged, should be capable of understanding that it is not simply the demand for drugs that creates the mayhem, it is our refusal to allow legal businesses to meet that demand. If you are not capable of understanding this connection then maybe you’re using something far stronger than the rest of us. So put away your pipe, lock yourself away in a small room with some tinned soup and water, and try to crawl back into reality A.S.A.P.
Because Drug cartels will always have an endless supply of ready cash for wages, bribery and equipment, no amount of tax money, police powers, weaponry, wishful thinking or pseudo-science will make our streets safe again. Only an end to prohibition can do that! How much longer are you willing to foolishly risk your own survival by continuing to ignore the obvious, historically confirmed solution?
If you support the Kool-Aid mass suicide cult of prohibition, and erroneously believe that you can win a war without logic and practical solutions, then prepare yourself for even more death, tortured corpses, corruption, terrorism, sickness, imprisonment, economic tribulation, unemployment and the complete loss of the rule of law.
Schedule One Substances are supposed to not have medical uses. If these substances have medical uses, they should be moved to a lower schedule. Doctors should be able to prescribe them.