In the US, at least, school might be the only time they're getting meals. Many children qualify for free breakfasts and lunch. Food is expensive. Mom or dad might be working multiple jobs to stay afloat and don't have time to cook, or might not know how. They might live in a food desert without access to a real grocery store, and all that's around is a convenience store or gas station.

There are US medical trials for mdma and psilocybin happening, and ketamine is FDA approved. It’s not just in other countries. But then, marijuana passed medical trials decades ago, and that never changed anything. They don’t care if it’s proven useful.

Australia: "wir sagen ja zu MDMA"

Serious question, how is MDMA good for you?

Doesn't it give you a downer, or an anxiety or depressive episode later on after use?

And then how can you relax while taking it? Isn't it a party drug where you take it and dance for hours on end? You become active and everything?

And finally, don't you feel more inclined to hug or be with someone, this can be dangerous if you are at a party, no?

Yep, god forbid people feel good or enjoy themselves.

Because big pharma will have an impossible time maintaining a monopoly on the production of these substances. They're already produced illegally, imagine the set ups that normal chemists and mushroom growers could achieve if they didn't have to worry about the DEA. Competition is bad for business, so they have a vested interest in lobbying to keep it illegal.

Just in general, if you ever wonder why the US does something the way it does, the answer is money.

Our schools had a canteen for chips and popcorn and pizza, but we've never had "school lunches".

I always wondered why ppl just didn't pack their own lunch, especially since school lunches were always complained about (in every movie I've watched, anyways)

MDMA-zing news

When I took shrooms, the hardest drug I took previously was weed. Treatment for my PTSD has plateaued and I had not recovered to my own satisfaction. I had read some research about how shrooms could be used to treat PTSD, and was desperate since meds and therapy were no longer giving me progress. I started growing them, microsodosing with one macrodose, during COVID furlough. The effects were amazing. They helped me push past some of the roadblocks in my PTSD recovery (the big one being unable to relate and form bonds with others). They really can be used as medicine.

Big pharma is just making sure they have a saleable product before they bribe the proper officials to legalize it. Pfizer (among others) is investing quite a bit into research right now.

"There's very little meat in these gym mats"

> Were you already comfortable with being friends with drug users?

Why wouldn’t someone be? Drug user =/= life ruining addict.

Yep, between big pharma and private jails/prisons, they want to maintain the status quo.

Better not taking the risk. People might have fun.

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It’s on the way! :)

Our Government is filled with a bunch of old dick heads that only care about filling their own pockets that's why

This is truly uplifting news. This will revolutionize depression and PTSD treatment in the long term. Way to go, Australia!

Why not just bring your own food to school?

I can't believe you're into CRT disgusting

There should be a sub for guessing which CBT is being referred to in a comment or out of context.

There is actually a large amount of research trying to take psychoactive / psychedelic molecules to derive analogues without the mind altering side effects. As some have explained to me, it’s that we aren’t 100% sure if it is chemical alterations or the experiences themselves (probably both) that elicit positive therapeutic benefits, and so a theoretical hierarchy of medical treatment depending on issue would go like 1. Consultation, 2. Prescription of non-psychoactive analogue, 3. Professionally guided treatment with psychoactive drug.

Though with cannabis you wouldn’t need the professional guidance with 3 in any situation, and this is more relative to psychedelics. It’s a really interesting time either way tho

Man, I can only watch CBT on CRT for the authentic experience

TBF, that would be a great thing to have as an option. The real shit should obviously still be legal, but it would be nice if people that are using it for pain management or other therapeutic reasons were able to get the full benefit while also keeping a clear head. Or for me, I only like to get high occasionally, as when I do it too often I get panic attacks. If I were injured and needed something for chronic pain management, I would love to have non-psychoactive weed as an option.

Unfortunately, there are only so many acronyms. As someone who has done CBT and is into CBT it can be a little confusing