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There are studies and growing consensus that psilocybin can have positive/therapeutic effects.

Are you trying to imply that the same is true for essential oils? This seems like a false equivalency/strawman situation.

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The fact that psilocybin can potentially have positive therapeutic effects in controlled environments does not mean people “microdosing” experience those effects.

It doesn't mean they don't. And it's certainly makes it reasonable that those effects could exist.

No, but this study does seem to indicate they don't... So maybe they don't

It can mean they do, but apparently placebo also works almost just as good.

ahhh, the old 'growing consensus'

What point are you trying to make about growing consensus? Are you implying that the creation and growth of consensus around a given subject is invalid in some way?

Consensus is not an accurate method of truth. If you ask lots of people and get a consensus, is it correct? Sometimes ;)

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