Use them with care, and use them with respect as to the transformations they can achieve, and you have an extraordinary research tool. Go banging about with a psychedelic drug for a Saturday night turn-on, and you can get into a really bad place, psychologically. Know what you're using, decide just why you're using it, and you can have a rich experience. They're not addictive, and they're certainly not escapist, either, but they're exceptionally valuable tools for understanding the human mind, and how it works. .Alexander Shulgin
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I always say use psychedelics with respect, and I think that they can be better understood when people understand how it can be used without disrespect. There are lots of ways to use psychedelics. They can be good tools for self exploration, self discovery, or simply for getting in touch with yourself or your surroundings. They're not escapist; they're the opposite.
A lot of people like to use them as an escape from their problems, but that's not what they're really about. I think they're about learning more about yourself and your mind; making sense of things that are hard to understand; working through problems with your mind. They can be very useful tools for working through trauma or problems with addiction, business failures, relationship problems, or just about anything else that you have trouble understanding.
I always say use psychedelics with respect.
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