It's legal to use psilocybin, or 'magic mushrooms, in Oregon. That could change

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by LinuxBender • 4 years ago

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kjkjadksj2• 4 years ago

Local politicians are such hypocrites if they cite the effects of the drug as being harmful to their people while allowing their local drunks to buy half gallons of vodka.

water554• 4 years ago

"Allowing" as if people don't have the god-given right to put whatever they want into their own bodies.

alexvoda• 4 years ago

God-given as if people don't have that right already and care about what others think about it.

People would still put whatever they want into their own bodies no matter what.

kjkjadksj2• 4 years ago

Believe me I think its bullshit that any substance you willingly imbibe is illegal, but I’m just painting the hypocracy. Like how politicians think juul flavors affect kids while smirnoff sells bubblegum flavored vodka without any such side eyeing.

larryliu• 4 years ago

"I don't know what it does. I don't know how it would be controlled. I don't know how to keep kids away from it," he (Stayton Mayor Henry Porter) said. "I guess it's the fear of things we don't understand." Effective leaderships carefully try out something new to get a better understanding.

Banning something because the official doesn't understand it would kill many innovations, because knowledge of any officials is infinitely small to all human knowledge.

It's legal to use psilocybin, or 'magic mushrooms, in Oregon. That could change

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