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There is, however, a further danger to microdosing - the risk of taking too much.

You don't say!

I consume the BBC News online fairly compulsively as my go-to news source, but sometimes it really is pretty mind-numbing (no pun intended).

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> the risk of taking too much.

The risk being, one can actually discover something really important.

Risk being some people go on them and commit suicide and some people experience psychosis?

Please don't downplay shit, if it works for you it is great but its not for everyone.

I think the incidence rate of that is quite low compared to the amount of 'happy customers'. I suspect there are plenty of people that would suggest that you're fear-mongering at worst, and at best seemingly letting a rather rare incident distort your message.

Consider the opposite to your 'don't downplay shit' perspective: 'overblowing shit' can cause issues too. Best to respectfully educate of the risks, and yet ultimately understand that everyone makes their own choice, complete with consequences.

More like being distracted and unproductive all day. Tripping is great when that's what you're trying to do, but it would be quite awful if you had to be at work the whole time.

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