As with everything, to each their own, but experience plus data demonstrates psychedelic’s were likely made illegal in order to keep the population in a more suppressed headspace. But that’s just my take, anyone else agree/disagree?

  • SalamanderA
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    42 years ago

    I think that the blanket ban was a hysteria-induced over-reaction. Sadly some of the hysteria remains today… But things are changing for the better!

    As for this particular work, I don’t think that the method used is very compelling. The survey was applied only after the experience had already happened, in some cases several years after. There is no significant difference between the “After” and the “Now” beliefs. I think that it is likely that people would answer this type of survey in a biased way. It is nice for one’s ego to think that they have gone through a special transformative experience, and this can influence their memories.