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Should Psilocybin mushrooms be legalized as a headache treatment?

Should psilocybin mushrooms be legalized for headache treatments?

  • Yes

    Votes: 15 83.3%

  • No

    Votes: 3 16.7%
  • Total voters
    18
specklebang said:
Respectfully Ikari, but as a Libertarian isn't the philosophy that people can make choices but are held liable for consequences?
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Indeed it is. Though there is a lot of variance within libertarian philosophy.

specklebang said:
I've done every drug there is (well, maybe not "bath salts") and I've never harmed anyone but myself. If I had attacked someone - wether under the influence or just because I had a badf day - I'm sure I would have been held responsible and punished accordingly.
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Perchance, I'm sure that on some level it is possible. Though on the whole, I'm not sure we see that. Statistically there are certainly non-limited effects of drug use on society. I don't necessarily think we must disregard in total the statistics because they can tell us important information on the dynamics of the system. As I said, if everything existed perfectly within vacuum I wouldn't have a problem. But certain drugs do have sever negative consequences when aggregated over the whole.
 

Heroin should be decriminalized, along with all addictive drugs, & be treated as the medical problem that they are. Such Drugs should be distributed by persription as should needles. The costs should be kept down to actual cost + as the R & D has been done. Pharmisitical H would be cheap enough (for example) that the addict would be able to hold a job, just as now a tobacco addict can, or functional alcoholic. & purity would be standard, no cut with talcum powder of worse.

So where did that pot thread go? :peace
Sig said:
Heroin should be banned.
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During the "60's, we got incredible weed, tripping weed, which had to be mixed with tobacco, from our local SAC Base. The CIA has been known to be involved in truckin' in the H & cynics such as myself, believe that that is partly (if not completely) why we're in Afganistan now. :peace
Lokiate said:
I'm mixed on the issue. While they are pretty ****ed up, people are going to choose to do them anyway. Banning them only puts users and small time dealers in prison, while the root of the problem makes serious bank. The CIA knows this better than anyone else, just ask Oliver North.
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No one (to my knowledge) is advocating doing posion. Although suicide among those with migrain is one option to those denied a possible cure. :( :peace
X Factor said:
I knew someone would make the "natural" argument. There a plenty of "natural" poisons too. Just because it's natural doesn't mean it's safe.
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Luna Tick said:
If you suffer from cluster or migraine headaches, you know real pain. Here's an article on treating this pain with psilocybin mushrooms aka "magic mushrooms." It's the same thing that was popular in the 60s and 70s for hallucinogenic trips, but they've been found useful for long-term relief of cluster and migraine headaches. Unfortunately, they're illegal. Here's an article about it:

Entheology.org - Preserving Ancient Knowledge
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I had a guy I worked with for 12 yrs...everyday you could see the pain in his eyes. He was married 4 kids great family. He suffered from unrelenting migraines from ever since he could remember, he NEVER got any relief and nothing worked for him. Up until he committed suicide in 92 he had tried every single remedy out there and even experimental treatments.
He left a not to his wife and children...apologizing and saying he just couldnt take any more.

MIGRAINES can be horrific, im for anything that even remotely has a chance to give chronic sufferers relief
 
All drugs should be legal. The War on Drugs is a colossal failure that does nothing but fund the drug cartels and drain billions from tax payers.
 
jpevans said:

No one (to my knowledge) is advocating doing posion. Although suicide among those with migrain is one option to those denied a possible cure. :( :peace
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No, but some seem to be saying that if something is "natural" that means it should go unregulated.
 
Crack, bath salts, and synthetic marijuana (which can cause overdose deaths) would not exist if not for the War on Drugs. It doesn't matter how dangerous a drug is, or how bad the aggregated consequences are, when you make that drug illegal you make it more dangerous, not less. And non-doctors telling doctors what they can and cannot prescribe in the legitimate practice of medicine is absolutely absurd on its face.
 
Luna Tick said:
If you suffer from cluster or migraine headaches, you know real pain. Here's an article on treating this pain with psilocybin mushrooms aka "magic mushrooms." It's the same thing that was popular in the 60s and 70s for hallucinogenic trips, but they've been found useful for long-term relief of cluster and migraine headaches. Unfortunately, they're illegal. Here's an article about it:

Entheology.org - Preserving Ancient Knowledge
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Psilocybin mushrooms should not be legalized as a headache treatment.

Psilocybin mushrooms should be legalized as a recreational drug.

Let people who want to get high get high.
 
Luna Tick said:
If you suffer from cluster or migraine headaches, you know real pain. Here's an article on treating this pain with psilocybin mushrooms aka "magic mushrooms." It's the same thing that was popular in the 60s and 70s for hallucinogenic trips, but they've been found useful for long-term relief of cluster and migraine headaches. Unfortunately, they're illegal. Here's an article about it:

Entheology.org - Preserving Ancient Knowledge
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I would gargle Drano if it were proven to stamp out these headaches.
 
samsmart said:
Psilocybin mushrooms should not be legalized as a headache treatment.

Psilocybin mushrooms should be legalized as a recreational drug.

Let people who want to get high get high.
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Maybe legalize it for both purposes?
 
Totally disagree..
If this mushroom only works on 1% of headache sufferers, then they MUST be made legal, and controlled of course...
I can see absolutely zero recreation in any "recreational drug"...but, they MUST be legal, taxed, and controlled...by the right people.
 
XPG4M3R said:
Yes that's exactly what we need, more drug's. I used to get migraines when i was 8, would they have given me magic mushrooms too? No they gave me Motrin and some nice and quiet in a dark room for a couple hours. Not to mention the potential side-effects. The last thing we need is more people getting high and eating people's face off [Florida]...
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A rather selfish outlook IMO.
Believe me, If I suffered from severe headaches and aspirin or Motrin were not effective, I'd kill for these "magic mushrooms"..And of course, this type of medicine (like using Drano) must be controlled by the medical profession..
 
In my younger days I did alot of drugs, now that I'm semi old I wouldn't take acid or snort coke or do meth etc but I would definitely eat peyote or shrooms if I could get them. Both those naturally occurring substances were nothing but pleasurable and even though I'm kind of a health nut now I don't think they harm you in the least, mentally or physically, in fact I think they open some doors on a metaphysical level.
 
The 'shroom high can be freaking intense.

They grew in the pasture behind my house when I was a kid.

They became quite the norm there for a while.

I wouldn't, as a mature adult, ever do them again.

Nor would I recommend them to anyone. There's better buzzes out there.

But don't let me get in anyone's way.
 
Luna Tick said:
If you suffer from cluster or migraine headaches, you know real pain. Here's an article on treating this pain with psilocybin mushrooms aka "magic mushrooms." It's the same thing that was popular in the 60s and 70s for hallucinogenic trips, but they've been found useful for long-term relief of cluster and migraine headaches. Unfortunately, they're illegal. Here's an article about it:

Entheology.org - Preserving Ancient Knowledge
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I think all psychedelics should be legal, period. I don't really give a **** if they treat headaches or not.
 
Aderleth said:
I think all psychedelics should be legal, period. I don't really give a **** if they treat headaches or not.
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In a perfect world, humanity wouldn't have to make things illegal to keep people from screwing themselves up.

Ever notice that you have never seen a sign that says, "Illegal to urinate on electric fence?"
 
Captain America said:
The 'shroom high can be freaking intense.

They grew in the pasture behind my house when I was a kid.

They became quite the norm there for a while.

I wouldn't, as a mature adult, ever do them again.

Nor would I recommend them to anyone. There's better buzzes out there.

But don't let me get in anyone's way.
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As much as it may cause you to laugh your balls off, the Shroom needs to be treated with a great deal of respect. I dare say that even the Great Sig has experienced a bad Shroom trip due largely to lack of respect for its awesome potential. The psychologically less hardy would definitely have ended up in the crisis center (or worse) on this occasion. If psilocybin is legally commercialized (and I believe it should be), it must be regulated.
 
Sig said:
As much as it may cause you to laugh your balls off, the Shroom needs to be treated with a great deal of respect. I dare say that even the Great Sig has experienced a bad Shroom trip due largely to lack of respect for its awesome potential. The psychologically less hardy would definitely have ended up in the crisis center (or worse) on this occasion. If psilocybin is legally commercialized (and I believe it should be), it must be regulated.
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Exactly. Of all the trips, that is the one you will remember.
 
Captain America said:
Exactly. Of all the trips, that is the one you will remember.
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Actually, some of the most meaningful and beautiful experiences in my entire life were under the influence of psilocybin. Just the same, the one bad trip I had was the most terrifying experience in my entire life. To this day, I feel that I am a spiritually stronger person for having passed through it, unassisted, with my mind and soul still intact.
 
Sig said:
As much as it may cause you to laugh your balls off, the Shroom needs to be treated with a great deal of respect. I dare say that even the Great Sig has experienced a bad Shroom trip due largely to lack of respect for its awesome potential. The psychologically less hardy would definitely have ended up in the crisis center (or worse) on this occasion. If psilocybin is legally commercialized (and I believe it should be), it must be regulated.[/QUOTE

I havent used them for far to long. In California, we used them all the time, not really connected here. Definately one of my favorite things to do. Just so so so much fun:2razz:
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