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I’m all for psychedelic therapy especially for those with a terminal illness and in a controlled environment with a sitter or an experienced psychonaut, but psychedelics are a double edged sword and need to be treated as such. So many going fully mentally ill after taking them.

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80% or 0.03%? How do you arrive at your estimate? What is your definition of mentally ill?

I concur that it gets treated with respect. Societies have typically codified this respect as "ritual".

By mentally ill I mean it can cause extreme paranoia. Obviously not in all cases. It depends on set and setting. Imagine taking shrooms at a death metal concert and seeing demons for example. I’m all for the ritualistic set and setting, and eating well beforehand and maybe making a mixtape of good music to listen to whilst tripping. You don’t take these things going in blind.

That is really rare, especially for mushrooms and baby woodrose. We approve meds with far higher rates of serious side effects.

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