Magic Mushrooms Are Decriminalized in DC as of Today
I won't pretend to be an expert in the matter and, therefore, I won't share any opinion whether magic mushrooms should be legal or not.What bothers me is the way people argue about such problems.The common argument goes like this:---1) alcohol is as bad (worse than?) as X2) alcohol is legaltherefore per analogiam:3) X should be legal.---I'm fine with this reasoning, but one could also reverse the argument:---1') X is bad as alcohol2') X is illegaltherefore per analogiam:3') alcohol should be illegal.---Both stances are consistent and depend on other views. I believe the discussion should rather focus on the role of the law in the public life. Maybe "everything should be legal", but with some age clauses / agreement of a medical doctor? Maybe the law should be replaced with other measures?What really saddens me though is when people advertise recreational use of possibly dangerous substances. It applies to all kinds of recreational drugs. There always will be person claiming that X solves problems/takes your conscience to next level/cure COVID/whatever. In case somebody attacks their stance, saying there is no valid research on the topic (but rather other way around), they will tell you of a conspiracy in the research community/government funding/whatever. Even if there is such a conspiracy, it doesn't validate the argument.Please don't advice people to take drugs (or drink alcohol BTW), even if they work for you.