Despite what some may say out there, mostly micro-dosing pushers, there is not all that much solid research to back up claims made by microdosing proponents. It is all anecdotal at this point. "___ % of ____ stated that they "felt better" or "were more productive", or whatever are are the highly subjective reports given by people within some studies. There are no real metrics to employ yet, and the rigorous research design and analysis process has yet to be performed. Do people want it to work? Well, sure. Do I think there may be some benefits? Well, I sure think there could, but far more work needs to be done. But I think that people can be hasty and a bit irresponsible when it comes to agendas related to things like psychedelics. Almost like cult-like fixation on focusing solely on the "good" and ignoring all else. Fadiman will extoll the virtues of M dosing but then again, he has been a big part of the push to mainstream the idea. Even Nick Sands said, to paraphrase, "Despite what you may have heard, there is not nearly enough evidence that microdosing is effective", which was widely publicized. And while the jury is still out, I am sure many people are and will continue to MD even if there is more of a placebo effect than some would admit. I have done lots of psychedelics over time, and I indeed tried micro-dosing for a bit a while back, but for me personally it did not appear particularly beneficial. But to each his own, of course. Very interesting but I really think for everyone's benefit lots more legit work will help inform people more comprehensively.
