One Thousand Words
Bluelighter
Legal mushrooms were trailed in Britain only 5 yrs ago due to a legal anomaly and although this was quickly clamped down upon, it does lend some evidence that this could possibly be the next likely legal drug of note.
With countries like NZ introducing laws that allow research chemicals to be tested and the sold to the public perhaps it is more likely to be a new, as of yet undiscovered chemical that is made legal. As restrictions on development and research is lifted we may see drugs without any side effects other than the pleasurable ones released to the public. Alcohol is one of the safest drugs out there. There is more chance that tobacco would be made illegal before they would consider opiates as a sensible recreational drug option. Any new legal high would have to not only be safe in even high doses but also have next to no physical addictive properties.
Reality is it is more likely that digital drugs, where cybernetic implants feed drug like stimulant effects directly into the brain is our best hope. Almost like a virtual reality for the psyche. It would bypass most other major organs and there fore have little physical danger as well as being a measured and predictable experience. This kind of technology would require such an advanced level of understanding of neuroscience that many of the side effects of conventional drug use such as serotonin syndrome would be able to be quickly detected and avoided. Such a level of scientific understanding would also allow proper treatment of mental illness.
With countries like NZ introducing laws that allow research chemicals to be tested and the sold to the public perhaps it is more likely to be a new, as of yet undiscovered chemical that is made legal. As restrictions on development and research is lifted we may see drugs without any side effects other than the pleasurable ones released to the public. Alcohol is one of the safest drugs out there. There is more chance that tobacco would be made illegal before they would consider opiates as a sensible recreational drug option. Any new legal high would have to not only be safe in even high doses but also have next to no physical addictive properties.
Reality is it is more likely that digital drugs, where cybernetic implants feed drug like stimulant effects directly into the brain is our best hope. Almost like a virtual reality for the psyche. It would bypass most other major organs and there fore have little physical danger as well as being a measured and predictable experience. This kind of technology would require such an advanced level of understanding of neuroscience that many of the side effects of conventional drug use such as serotonin syndrome would be able to be quickly detected and avoided. Such a level of scientific understanding would also allow proper treatment of mental illness.
