@jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world • 10 months agoMicrodosing and tripping on mushrooms is on the rise in U.S.www.npr.orgmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1166arrow-down13
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minus-square@Varyk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink8•10 months agoBecause everything is a drug and magic mushrooms themselves aren’t the drug in question, psilocybin is. Also, calling caffeine, heroin and mushrooms a “drug” belies a problem with labeling. Magic mushrooms, incidentally, being the least toxic of those substances.
minus-square@floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilink3•10 months agoWhat is a “drug” and what isn’t is an arbitrary, made-up distinction. There are only molecules.
Why did you put “drug” in quotes?
Because everything is a drug and magic mushrooms themselves aren’t the drug in question, psilocybin is.
Also, calling caffeine, heroin and mushrooms a “drug” belies a problem with labeling.
Magic mushrooms, incidentally, being the least toxic of those substances.
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What is a “drug” and what isn’t is an arbitrary, made-up distinction. There are only molecules.