Some words from DanceSafe ED, Mitchell Gomez. This was a very good thread as well. My favorite part was where DanceSafe founder Emanuel Sferios said that when he wanted to share his ThankYouPlantMedicine experience with Cocaine, he got shut down because too many people found it “triggering”. I’ve been very vocal about my particular past and present drug use. When it comes to my therapeutic use of psychedelics, it was MDMA and Shulgin I must thank. Plant-based psychedelics are getting all the attention right now but MDMA is pretty far removed from its plant derivative (Sassafras, but also can be synthesized without), and Ketamine, a non plant-based dissociative (would y’all rather do Salvia? It’s a plant, though! Lol), also have immense medical and therapeutic benefits and recreational qualities. I love mushrooms, but potential chaos and ground-breaking spiritual experiences aren’t necessary to shift your outlook on life. And at the end of the day, none of those substances are going to be a panacea. Pharmaceuticals and other synthetic drugs have an important role in the lives of many. And when people speak so highly of these plant medicines, they’re rarely talking about coca, khat, kratom, tobacco, opium, or anything else but psychedelics, which is why people got so upset when Eman brought up cocaine. It’s time to change the narrative and have realistic and inclusive conversations about drugs, drug policy, benefits, and risks. Keep the same energy you have around DMT for GHB. Both are naturally occurring chemicals in the brain that are currently schedule 1, and only one of those chemicals gives you the most restorative sleep of your life in like 3 hours with virtually no negative side effects. I don’t know about y’all, but a bitch gotta be functional and I’m pretty sure the entities are not going to pay my bills. ¯_(ツ)_/¯