[HN Gopher] California Might Legalize Magic Mushrooms
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       California Might Legalize Magic Mushrooms
        
       Author : mikece
       Score  : 15 points
       Date   : 2023-09-09 19:26 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | crawsome wrote:
       | You can already get it if you are a member of certain "churches"
       | in California.
        
       | JumpCrisscross wrote:
       | If we accept alcohol and tobacco, everything on this chart [1]
       | that is yellow or orange should be, at a minimum, decriminalised.
       | (And in my view, legal.)
       | 
       | [1]
       | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Nutt#/media/File%3ADev...
        
         | ternaus wrote:
         | And we can criminalize tobacco and alcohol. At least tobacco.
        
         | [deleted]
        
         | mortureb wrote:
         | I didn't realize ketamine was that high on the physical harm
         | axis.
        
           | gavinray wrote:
           | It's not, the only major harm is potential kidney damage if
           | you chronically abuse it.
           | 
           | Look at folks being medically prescribed 100mg a day.
        
         | UweSchmidt wrote:
         | - we should reign in harmful drugs where possible, as was
         | partially achieved with smoking
         | 
         | - if there are _more_ drugs legalized and therefore out and
         | about, people can use and abuse more different drugs and
         | compound their negative effects (i.e. smoking and drinking
         | often goes together). People might drink alcohol as usual, try
         | mushrooms at a party and also take steroids (yellow on the
         | chart) for muscles.
         | 
         | - some drugs might have random effects and can be hard to dose
         | (magic mushrooms?); single may have permanent or long term
         | effects; alcohol is 'safer' in the sense that the effects are
         | linear.
         | 
         | What is your main intention here, minimize potential harm from
         | drugs overall, or responsibly legalize a drug that you find
         | very beneficial and intend to use?
        
         | hmmokidk wrote:
         | Why Georgia Home Boy?
        
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