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mahatmakanejeeves (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 11:26 AM Original message |
'Magic mushroom' drug may improve personality |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
1. So... it's a muse drug? |
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spooked911 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
2. this is old news |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 01:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
59. My first thought too . . . it's what the good part of 60's psychodelia was all about. |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
3. Well i certainly know a few that would benefit! |
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Newest Reality (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
4. Where have they been? |
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Richard D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 03:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
74. +1 |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:09 AM Response to Reply #4 |
95. +1 |
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qb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
5. Damn. I'll have to see if I can order me some! My personality could use a little fine-tuning. |
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tpsbmam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
6. Dear Mitch: Thought I'd send an early Christmas present. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
7. More pro-drug bullshit nt |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 11:51 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Your mind is closed, do you have any evidence this is bullshit? |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 11:53 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Read the article: works "almost 60 percent of the time." |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 11:56 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. And if it doesn't work, you just have a nice trip. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 11:58 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. You "bet?" |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 12:06 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Don't use them, your loss. Problem solved. |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 11:59 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. 60% efficacy is far better than random. It is much better than 0%. nt |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 12:01 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. 0 percent isn't random. nt |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 12:06 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. ok fine - maybe 10% is random. nt |
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Fuddnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 01:01 PM Response to Reply #20 |
53. Sounds like you need a dose. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 12:02 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. A single dose working almost 60% of the time lasting up to fourteen months is quite significant. |
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Maine_Nurse (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 03:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
73. You really don't want to know the "effectiveness" of many prescription drugs then.nt |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 07:52 PM Response to Reply #12 |
83. Aspirin only works for 70% of people. |
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kenfrequed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 12:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
29. This is a scientific study. |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 12:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
35. we need to make taking magic mushrooms mandatory |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 12:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
41. More anti-drug BULLSHIT |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 02:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
66. Sounds like you need some yourself. nt |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 02:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
69. Does "Pro-Drug" also refer to aspirin and coffee |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 09:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
85. My, what a closed mind you have there |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 12:41 AM Response to Reply #7 |
90. Carl Sagan says you need to mellow out, man. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
8. Kicked and recommended. |
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mahatmakanejeeves (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 02:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
68. You're welcome. It is my pleasure. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
9. Thousands of years of humans using natural drugs as medicine |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
11. k/r |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
14. I dunno, but it sure improved "Return of the Jedi" eom |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 12:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
27. Hehe, it wasn't that bad sober either. |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 12:24 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. There was one short called "Lazarus" |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 12:28 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Nope, it was an animated short. |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 12:32 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Well then, I got nothin |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 12:38 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. Thanks for trying. I'm searching again. |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 12:39 PM Response to Reply #27 |
43. Like the floral carpet in "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" w/ Johnny Depp...eom |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 01:05 PM Response to Reply #43 |
54. Different motion, same type of carpet. |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:14 AM Response to Reply #43 |
96. One of the funiest movies of all time. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
15. sigh -- one of my favs. nt |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
16. Feed it to the teabaggers! nt |
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zogofzorkon (256 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 12:17 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. Would be casting pearls before swine |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
18. I definitely believe this. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 12:13 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. I shroomed three times and used LSD about five times. |
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shireen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 12:22 AM Response to Reply #18 |
89. that sounds fascinating ... |
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Seedersandleechers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
22. Psilocybin Cubensis |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
28. so there's an antidote to the republican lizard brain! |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 12:50 PM Response to Reply #28 |
47. It has been my experience that conservatives |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 01:43 PM Response to Reply #47 |
61. I agree, but it would have been great |
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War Horse (314 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 05:22 PM Response to Reply #47 |
79. A thousand times this |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 10:25 PM Response to Reply #47 |
87. I'm betting that drugs like this... |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 02:50 AM Response to Reply #87 |
91. Or maybe it would just help them to embrace their "inner fascist"?.... |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:06 AM Response to Reply #47 |
93. My son's best friend died |
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yodermon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:56 AM Response to Reply #93 |
98. My god, Control-Z |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
31. So, like, what happens if you do hundreds of high doses over a period |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 12:42 PM Response to Reply #31 |
44. Didn't hurt me |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #44 |
50. Yeh. Got a similar T-shirt too. |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
32. So ... who's going to add psilocybin to the Kool-Aid ? nt |
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byronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
34. When I used to grow them... |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 12:37 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Haha - looks like you ate too many! All good! nt |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 01:14 PM Response to Reply #34 |
58. I wish some spores would land on some cow patties in my city. |
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Richard D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 03:58 PM Response to Reply #34 |
75. There have already been some amazing discoveries linked to entheogens |
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Newest Reality (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 04:25 PM Response to Reply #34 |
77. I thought that |
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Dragonfli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 08:34 PM Response to Reply #77 |
84. Not sure, but at a workshop Terrence put on at a pagan festival in the 90's |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
37. Who here wants to work as a softdrink/beer vendor at the next RNC Convention |
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byronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 12:35 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Couldn't hurt. |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 12:43 PM Response to Reply #37 |
45. rofl |
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Fuddnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 01:06 PM Response to Reply #37 |
55. I live in Tampa, and could use a part-time job. |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
39. I've taken mushrooms |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 10:33 PM Response to Reply #39 |
88. to me, shrooms and LSD were two totally different highs |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
46. Heading to Baltimore!!! |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
48. Noooooo!!!!!! It's "drugs." |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 01:00 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Unless it's "Big Pharma". |
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tcaudilllg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
49. So magic mushrooms make you... an ENFJ? an INFP? What? |
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saras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
52. Yet another area where America is largely in the dark ages, trying to move backwards. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
56. Yes, but does it cure cancer? |
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Fuddnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
57. I wondered why I was so wonderful. |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
60. I'd be interested in trying shrooms, I'm just not sure how to go about acquiring them |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 01:56 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. Meet you at the record store next to the Pink Floyd section at 5 this afternoon. |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 01:58 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. LOL...I'll be there, man. |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 02:01 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. I'm still there, even after it closed in 1999. I'll be the man on the inside looking outside. |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 03:13 PM Response to Reply #60 |
72. Visit with some young people, artists in particular. |
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True Earthling (373 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 06:39 PM Response to Reply #60 |
81. Here you go... |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
62. Anyone Who Imagines Government-Approved Administration of Recreational/Mind Altering Drugs .... |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
63. I'm open to that idea. ;-) |
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riverwalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
70. Terence McKenna |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
71. Bill Hicks ... right again. (nt) |
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Habibi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
76. Get a dose to my mother-in-law, |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
78. A few of my in laws could use that drug. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
80. Today's ABC news report links a 2008 study: |
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Qutzupalotl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
82. Gordon Wasson et al believed a form of psilocybin was used in Eleusinian mysteries. |
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drokhole (759 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-29-11 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
86. Oh, the MANY wonders of entheogens (some interesting links included)... |
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Dragonbreathp9d (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 03:40 AM Response to Original message |
92. True for me, they have helped me through my hardest times |
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Modern_Matthew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
94. How soon can we mandate these? Start with the red states! nt |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
97. Fascinating. |
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TheManInTheMac (512 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
99. I think a poisonous mushroom would improve more personalities |
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