As more published reports tout ayahuasca benefits, researchers push back against criminalization

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If it’s enjoyable, it’s immoral. Tobacco is only legal because it kills you. Alcohol is legal because it’s easy to spot and shame drunks.

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I think that it’s mostly that both tobacco and alcohol are openly used by mainstream politicians and thus are socially accepted. Salvia divinorum was wonderfully unpleasant, yet still got banned.

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Or is it?

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Well of course it helps with body image! When your feet are telling you this fascinating story about stepping on an orange shag carpet at a party, and falling in love with someone else’s feet, it’s easy to start liking those bits.

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I could say a lot of good things about Ayahuasca, but “enjoyable” is not a word I would choose.

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Take your weird watersport porn elsewhere, nobody needs to see that

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As long as it’s not done during the national anthem, I think it’s allowable.

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Yeah, what I’ve read about the ayahuasca experience makes me think that nobody is going to use it for fun, if they have anything else available.

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Moral panic in 3 … 2 …

ayahuasca helped me with my crippling fear of sobriety.

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Oh, Andrea! Don’t know if it was happy or sad, but I’m guessing you had one hell of a Thanksgiving ; -)

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Thx for working this long weekend!

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