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Getting high reveals how arbitrary the connection is between how you feel and how well things are going. (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] FitzNuggly@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They are being explored for clinical applications like treating depression.

[โ€“] remotelove@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And they absolutely should be. They are amazingly powerful substances that deserve all the study we can afford to give them.

What I find absolutely fascinating is that their abuse potential is extremely low. After a 50ug dose of psilocybin, the last thing I want to do the next day is do it again. It's not because it was a bad experience, but it's just how it works. (Also, lightning fast tolerance. Once you saturate your 5HT2A receptors, it takes a while to recover.)