From the governments point of psychedelics posed a threat to government power and authority over society. People like Ken Kesey, his merry pranksters, Timothy Leary, until he became an informant, and others who took psychedelics began to question why things were the way they were and more dangerously searched for alternatives to do things. The govrnment feard this trend of thinking would lead to questioning government motives and actions that would lead to a reduction of authority over society.
To the people who supported the government in convincing society that LSD and other psychedelics caused madness and irrepairable brain damage may have believed this themselves, without actually trying these drugs for themselves. I believe a large part of society were afraid of drugs because they were too old and set in their ways to change.,
The generation before us were stuck in the past and had no desire to entertain new ideas or concepts beyond their comfort zone. I remember countless articles and news reports about hippies destroying american values, promoting sexual freedom, and resisting the draft. From parents point of it was a priveledge to serve your country because America was great.
The worse thing about Nixon's and Reagan's declaration war on drugs is the American people bought into the governments effort to stop the disodence that was growing in the country without questioning the motives behind the lies.
For the most part, people believed drugs and psychedelics were harmful and had no place in society. Drug use became a crime with stiff penalities for possesion. Noncriminals were imprisoned with murderers and thieves because according to the law drugs were a threat to society.
Remnants of the war on drugs still exists today in the ignorance of society and even in todays drug culture. The scars of misinformation and lack of research automatically eliminate prospective candidates of psychedelic therapy because of prior affiliation with schizophrenia / psychosis.
My gut tells me useing psychedelics for increased cognition, depression and enhanced expression is not, will not cause long-term psychosis associated with schizophrenia and will prove benefical with short-term and long-term use.
There comes a time when you decide for yourself what to believe or not believe with a willingness to accept the consequnces on the basis of personal knowledge and awareness.
This thing I want to know may have little or no meaning to anyone else, but for me it proves the point that the government is a lying corrupt entity that have no interest in people or society except for its own prosperity and survival.
To the people who supported the government in convincing society that LSD and other psychedelics caused madness and irrepairable brain damage may have believed this themselves, without actually trying these drugs for themselves. I believe a large part of society were afraid of drugs because they were too old and set in their ways to change.,
The generation before us were stuck in the past and had no desire to entertain new ideas or concepts beyond their comfort zone. I remember countless articles and news reports about hippies destroying american values, promoting sexual freedom, and resisting the draft. From parents point of it was a priveledge to serve your country because America was great.
The worse thing about Nixon's and Reagan's declaration war on drugs is the American people bought into the governments effort to stop the disodence that was growing in the country without questioning the motives behind the lies.
For the most part, people believed drugs and psychedelics were harmful and had no place in society. Drug use became a crime with stiff penalities for possesion. Noncriminals were imprisoned with murderers and thieves because according to the law drugs were a threat to society.
Remnants of the war on drugs still exists today in the ignorance of society and even in todays drug culture. The scars of misinformation and lack of research automatically eliminate prospective candidates of psychedelic therapy because of prior affiliation with schizophrenia / psychosis.
My gut tells me useing psychedelics for increased cognition, depression and enhanced expression is not, will not cause long-term psychosis associated with schizophrenia and will prove benefical with short-term and long-term use.
There comes a time when you decide for yourself what to believe or not believe with a willingness to accept the consequnces on the basis of personal knowledge and awareness.
This thing I want to know may have little or no meaning to anyone else, but for me it proves the point that the government is a lying corrupt entity that have no interest in people or society except for its own prosperity and survival.
