Thread: Insight - How can a drug teach?

The phrase "drugs are dangerous" is ridiculously vague and misleading. Everything we are able to experience carries a certain danger, to a certain degree. Food is dangerous.

Originally Posted by Xaqaria

The phrase "drugs are dangerous" is ridiculously vague and misleading. Everything we are able to experience carries a certain danger, to a certain degree. Food is dangerous.

Food is drugs.

Originally Posted by Xaqaria

The phrase "drugs are dangerous" is ridiculously vague and misleading. Everything we are able to experience carries a certain danger, to a certain degree. Food is dangerous.

Do I really have to explicate what I meant? Actually Xaq, I'm not sure if that was directed at me or Really.

Ok - psychedelic drugs carry a certain danger beyond eating spaghetti or ice cream. More akin to eating something risky, like blowfish (or is it pufferfish? Or are they the same thing?). I'm certainly not recommending that schoolkids start doing acid or shrooms. If someone has some mental issues that they might not be aware of yet, psychedelics can do great damage. But if someone is an adult they can decide for themselves if the risk is worth it. We do risky things every day, like crossing the street.

Originally Posted by Darkmatters

Do I really have to explicate what I meant? Actually Xaq, I'm not sure if that was directed at me or Really.

Ok - psychedelic drugs carry a certain danger beyond eating spaghetti or ice cream. More akin to eating something risky, like blowfish (or is it pufferfish? Or are they the same thing?). I'm certainly not recommending that schoolkids start doing acid or shrooms. If someone has some mental issues that they might not be aware of yet, psychedelics can do great damage. But if someone is an adult they can decide for themselves if the risk is worth it. We do risky things every day, like crossing the street.

I'm not sure who I was directing it at; you because you made the statement or really because he takes the position?

The point of my statement "food is dangerous" is that not only is the level of danger not stated, but also the meaning of food is not immediately apparent (like the meaning of drug). Poppy seeds are a food, and also a drug. Sugar is a food and also a drug. Apple seeds contain hydrogen cyanide. Drinking too much water will kill you. Saying that children shouldn't have access to lsd and mushrooms is not that much more topical than saying infants shouldn't eat peanut butter. On a scale of the dangers of illegal drugs, I would say lsd or mushrooms are right around the bottom (or most benign) end of it in terms of physical dangers associated with their consumption. It is unknown if it is even possible to over dose on lsd, and there is at least one documented case of someone accidentally taking 50,000+ hits at one time without dying or experiencing any ill physical side effects. Try taking 50,000 'doses' of ice cream and we'll see if you die from insulin shock or the ice cream headache.