Quote Originally Posted by DarthDallas View Post
not too sure why this is such a controversial topic, hallucinating and dreaming are 2 very different and not even related things. This is a fact. In "exploring the world of", Laberge clearly states that in the dreaming world, you are dreaming exclusively because you have no external stimuli, and your mind creates its own world to entetain itself while you sleep. (basically.) DRUGS ARE MOST DEFINITELY AN EXTERNAL STIMULI. While the experience is somewhat like dreaming, (sort of, i didnt think so) it's not the same thing or even in the same ballpark as dreaming.

Hallucination:
"A hallucination, in the broadest sense, is a perception in the absence of a stimulus" wikipedia
"Perception of visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory, or gustatory experiences without an external stimulus" american heritage dictionary

You got it backwards.

If drugs were considered an external stimuli then only dreams could be considered hallucinations.

Maybe hallucinogens should be called illusionogens.