How he could be a good user of LSD, " I asked, "And know about the spiritual dimension - all that sort of thing - and still be a crook? I don't understand."" Then it's time you did. Psychedelic drugs don't change you - they don't change you character - unless you want to be changed. They enable change; they can't impose it... Alexander Shulgin
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"How he could be a good user of LSD," I asked, "And know about the spiritual dimension - all that sort of thing - and still be a crook? I don't understand.""Then it's time you did. Psychedelic drugs don't change you - they don't change you character - unless you want to be changed. They enable change; they can't impose it. It's not as if someone who uses psychedelic drugs is going to be sitting around with a new view of himself that says 'I have the right to do whatever I want now.' You have to choose that yourself."

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