#itsthecataracs

i'm a rich widow with a terrible secret

The notion that altering one’s consciousness is inherently wrong has apparently reached its final days, if this rekindled medical and cultural interest is to be taken seriously. The Drug War is losing its grip, making mistakes and running out of “reasons” for the illegality of a number of otherwise-beneficial drugs in a society that prides itself on personal freedom. Perhaps rationality has finally taken center stage over fear mongering, paving the way for the U.S.’s first sustained, honest look at psychedelics—not as instruments of rebellion and madness, but as viable treatments for a number of problems we as individuals, and indeed as a society, face today.