Why not let people expand their minds, if that’s what they think they’re doing? Why should the government have any say at all in what you ingest or imbibe? From Doug Casey at caseyresearch.com:
Justin’s note: First legal marijuana… now legal “magic mushrooms?”
It sounds like a pipe dream. But Oregon and Denver are considering decriminalizing psilocybin, the psychoactive compound in “magic mushrooms.”
Not only that, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently designated “Breakthrough Therapy” status to a psilocybin-based drug designed to treat clinical depression.
In short, the chances of psilocybin becoming legal at some level just skyrocketed.
It’s hard to believe, even for a libertarian like myself. As for Casey Research founder Doug Casey? Well, he called the news “exciting” in a private email. So I got him on the phone to learn why…
Justin: Doug, you’ve been a critic of the drug war for decades now. But are you surprised by this news? After all, I think most people can agree that psilocybin is a far more powerful substance than marijuana…
Doug: I’m not sure powerful is the right word. The effects are just different, and the effects differ greatly with the amount you take. And even the environment you take them in.
The fact there’s been a world-wide, anti-drug hysteria for well over 50 years speaks very poorly of the average human in general, and Americans in particular.
Mind-altering substances have been part of the human experience since Day One. It’s only recently that the U.S., perhaps because of its puritanical roots, started criminalizing everything. It turned practices that were, at most, bad habits or nuisances, into major felonies.
