• stanleytweedle@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Remember when the DEA wasn’t just a massively corrupt drain on the US economy and civil rights? Yeah, me neither.

  • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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    7 months ago

    Wow I’m so glad this agency - which is not predominantly staffed by chemists, pharmacologists, psychiatrists, or neurologists - is calling the shots for what is and isn’t ok to use in a therapeutic context.

    /s

    • synae[he/him]@lemmy.sdf.org
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      7 months ago

      Not to say that TST can’t contribute to this fight, but I feel it’s worth pointing out that others are filling the role for now, as there are other religious organizations which include psilocybin in their rituals. For example, https://zidedoor.com - and there plenty others in the SF Bay area too.

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        7 months ago

        Wasn’t aware of them, good to know. I also don’t want to offend people whose religions actually involve these things, it’s their right for spriritualty and their beliefs. I mostly have issues with the religions imposing their will on non believers and “religions” like the satanic temple and pastafarians are more for using their words against them in a malicious compliance sort of way.

  • Nobody@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    I’m sorry. My religion strictly forbids adherence to arbitrary decisions made by government entities about what we put in our bodies. It’s one of our highest commandments.

  • mkwt@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Pretty sure DEA allows religious use of Ayahuasca because the government lost a court case on free-exercise-of-religion grounds.

    No court case has established a specific right to treat cancer with psilocybin.