- If you've ever tried a psychedelic yourself, did you use it for entertainment, for philosophical enhancement of for Shamanic rituals?
Discuss!
I saw that horror flick Silent Hill in the theater... on 4 hits of acid.
So yea... you can call that a
Shamanistic ritual if you wish...
there was definitely some "
philosophical enhancement" that night...
Have you ever used LSD, mescaline and/or other another psychedelic drug yourself?
Depends on your definition of "
psychedelic"... but yea... much Acid. A lot of people would actually define XtC as psych... And the combination of X with K is definitely on the psych side. By da way, unlike most people I know... I always
hated weed! The only time I enjoyed it was when I was totally high on a chemical or watching a movie... well.. actually, to be honest, I was always high on weed cuz I didnt have a choice... everyone around me always had a damn joint in their mouth!
- Do you know any people who've used LSD, mescaline and/or other another psychedelic drug?
Most of my friends preferred shrooms...
I was the only acid-head in the group.
- Should LSD, mescaline and/or other psychedelic drugs be legal or not?
Depends.... And it's a very complicated question.
First, a word about the supposed "side-effects":
I have been clean for over 2 years now, and I can guarantee you that drugs do not result in the sort of damages that the government warns against. I started in my early teens and was dropping acid by the time I was 16 (or 17?)... Then I quit... for like, two years... then I got back into them in my freshman year in university... and this time it was insanity! Like literally
every weekend we were clubbing and popping pills. And then on Sunday mornings we would be dropping Acid or eating shrooms... or doing lines of K... anything just to avoid the ecstasy downer... This went on for 2 and a half years!!! ... and then I quit everything 2 years ago (weed and smoking first, then everything else). And have there been any side-effects? NONE! There was a recent report I read too that said there are no real side-effects of ecstasy. And the doctors were actually encouraging government to downgrade xtc's classification.
So the case for illegality can not be made on health and safety issues. If that was the case, then Alcohol and smoking should be on the top of that list. I used to chain smoke for half my life, and believe me, that caused more damage then anything else. I only recently recovered from that crap. And seriously, the craving for nicotine is worse then anything else.
However, does this mean that I support drugs because there are no side-effects? No way man. I quit because of religious reasons. Not because I cared about the side-effects even if they existed. Look, it's simple: you don't get into this stuff if self-destruction is not already part of your nature... I once jumped out a plane at 12,000 feet... you think I cared about the
side-effects of that activity? I reject drugs because they are forbidden by my religion, not because I cared about their side-effects. Trust me, I was born this screwed up, it wasn't the drugs!!
But the real question for me is, should I support the
illegality of drugs because they are forbidden in my religion? This is a different question, and one which has to be taken in proper context. You have to ask, what does making drugs illegal actually accomplish? The
Drug War is a facade, always was. It is a fact that the CIA has been involved in funneling cocaine into the poor neighborhoods. The Black community in the States was destroyed by a concerted CIA/FBI operation which funneled in drugs and alcohol into Black neighborhoods. The fact is that anyone who wants to do drugs, will do them. They will find them, illegal or not. So that also can not be the reason for making them illegal.
So this is where we are at:
- Its not the side-effects
- Its not the availability
So why are they illegal? Morality? Well, that doesn't make any sense. The government is no enforcer of morality.
So basically, if the government wants to make drugs illegal, then it has to go all the way and make ALL harmful things illegal, starting with alcohol and cigarettes. (I wouldn't have a problem with this, because at least they are being consistent), or just don't even try and make everything legal. But don't go half way and use the tactics for your own corrupt agendas. Because this is all that is happening now.
Last two things I want to say, drugs are bad. Obviously, they are bad, and you would have to be a nutcase to argue that they are good for you. Admittedly, there are some good and positive aspects of drugs (and this is even written in the Quran, that there is some good in them) but over all, the bad cancels out the good. Also, the idea that you can use drugs for spiritual and/or philosophical enhancement is... well... that is a totally irrelevant claim as it is completely dependent on the individual.
A non-spiritual person wouldn't experience spirituality with or without drugs.
