Gov. Gavin Newsom will decide whether to let Californians possess limited amounts of psychedelic mushrooms, DMT and peyote under a bill lawmakers passed Thursday.
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The measure is opposed by many law enforcement groups, including the California District Attorneys Association and the California State Sheriffs’ Association, who argue supporters' claims of medical benefits from psychedelics haven't been adequately studied.
Your local sheriff - a noted reader of medical papers.
I remember these from covid. I always like to ask questions like “Do you have specific concerns relating to the study design or the statistical analyses of these papers?” and “What specific additional studies do you think should be done to answer what you believe to be the outstanding questions?”
They’re just saying words they think will work like appealing to a science they don’t understand is a magical incantation that will make everyone agree with them.
1.) In the context of California, these drugs are bourgeois drugs. They aren't drugs that were pushed onto communities like crack or opiates (and maybe LSD, idk on that one), but rather substances with a longstanding niche that have been recently been adopted as trends by the bay area tech crowd.
2.) It does sound like these drugs have some interesting potential as alternative therapeutics when it comes to some mental conditions. Making it easier to conduct research in this area to assess that usefulness is probably a good thing.
3.) In the context of the US, I don't think incarcerating individuals for possessing these drugs is going to further the workers' movement.
4.) I took a look at your post/comment history. As a gamer, it is very silly to complain about "distractions for the proletariat."
In the context of California, these drugs are bourgeois drugs.
Ah, that tracks, thanks for the context
As a gamer, it is very silly to complain
So now it's my fault?
That you're a gamer? I don't think that's anyone's fault or a particular moral failing. Just noticed a bit of hypocrisy.
