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goldbludgeon  ·  3720 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Ayahuasca Will Make You Cry, Vomit, and Feel Amazing

I am not sure I would consider this a drug based on this writer's story. It almost seems medicinal. I would definitely try it once, just to get through some of the shit I experienced in my childhood. In any case I wonder if the drug will remain underground or it will come into the mainstream.





theadvancedapes  ·  3720 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Drug is a control system word. It is better to conceptualize psychedelics as medicine or entheogens.

user-inactivated  ·  3719 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I don't know what you mean by "control system word", but certainly "drug" has a negative, stigmatic connotation. So does "chemical", when used in the medical sense.

Cumol  ·  3720 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I don't know what you mean by mainstream. But I have met more than 50 people in my short 2 years in the "scene" that took ayahuasca. Many more that tried smoking DMT as changa or vaping it.

I would say it did become "mainstream" in the scene. But people treat it with respect. They know about it, but many don't feel ready to take the step.