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This comment here supports my social stigma hypothesis as the actual reason people don't take psychedelics as much.
Remove unfounded stigma not supported by the neuroscience literature (my strong anti-drug stance literally switched in university when my neuroscience professor pointed out how completely divorced drug legality is from their health affects) and we will all see more widespread usage.
But surprisingly, if used in the right context, intentions and dose, psychedelics can help with the underlying traumas and addictions. Especially Ayahuasca, MDMA and psilocybin.
Because there aren't only downsides.
> every “acid enthusiast” I met is heavily dysfunctional in some way.
This is just the Toupée Fallacy, though: if you met a perfectly functional "acid enthusiast", how would you even know?