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Mick Skolnick, MD's avatar

Thank you for your in-depth exploration of this important subject. With the proper mindset and setting, a skilled guide and appropriately chosen psychedelic can rapidly accomplish much of what traditional talk-therapy claims to offer. However, the post-session integration of a psychedelic experience can present a challenge, and perhaps both are necessary.

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Dr. Ken Springer's avatar

Thank you, Mick. Well-put.

The silver lining of psychedelics' Schedule I classification is that their integration into psychotherapy will be both required and tightly regulated (as in Oregon and Colorado). Too bad we can't say the same for conventional alternatives (SSRIs, MAOIs, etc.).

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Performative Bafflement's avatar

> For instance, if ayahuasca is ever legalized (e.g., as a Schedule II drug that can be prescribed for mental health treatment), we might expect some folks to misuse it for the same reasons that students and others sometimes resort to Adderal and other prescription stimulants.

I'm envisioning Tiger Moms making their kids drink ayahuasca microdoses before school.

"Mom, I don't want to puke! The last time I did this, a hyperspectral leopard told me it wasn't helping!"

"Ayiah, just take your medicine! This is the new cherry flavor, you like cherry!"

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Dr. Ken Springer's avatar

Lol....and every college dorm room will be equipped with a bucket!

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