Hallucinogen use among Gen Z has spiked since the pandemic and is showing no signs of slowing down
  • Leviathan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    You know that theory that hallucinogens helped us move up from apes? Maybe humanity is ready for it’s next move up?

    But seriously, “because they’re fun” and “reality isn’t promising or hopeful” are probably the big ones here.

    • thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      8 months ago

      combine that with the fact that no one trusts the government to tell them what drugs are dangerous anymore. maybe you never did, but many many people used to not do various drugs because they trusted that they were illegal for a reason. the current state of marijuana being federally illegal and clearly not hurting people that bad has made that much much harder to believe.

    • Etterra@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      8 months ago

      Fun fact, the mountain where Moses did the Ten Commandments thing? It had a native hallucinogenic plant growing in it.

        • knightly the Sneptaur@pawb.socialEnglish
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          8 months ago

          It’s true, there are two plants native to the area that produce the psychoactive compounds also found in Ayahuasca. Peganum harmala aka harmel or wild rue, and Acacia confusa aka ayangile or formosan koa

          The former is a short, bushy flowering herb, and the latter is a variety of tree that Noah might have used to build the ark.

          • mojofrododojo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            8 months ago

            variety of tree that Noah might have used to build the ark.

            or a trebuchet, or a wooden horse. each seems as realistic as an ark.

    • rottingleaf@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      8 months ago

      Or maybe reality isn’t promising or hopeful due to people taking hallucinogens instead of tinkering or creating or rioting.