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Last year, more middle-aged adults were binge drinking, using marijuana or consuming hallucinogens than ever before, according to a new report. Cannabis use surged among young adults under 30, alongside historic rates of vaping, as well.

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[–] SpezCanLigmaBalls@lemmy.world 115 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)

Is anyone really surprised cannabis use surged? Like with legalization you would think it would have that cause and effect.

Im glad psychedelic use surged. Makes you see reality differently and can be amazing for mental health issues which needs to be utilized. Fuck the war on drugs

Alcohol can go away though but it’s hard when there is quite literally no future to be seen

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Alcohol can go away though but it’s hard when there is quite literally no future to be seen

This hits hard.

[–] iHUNTcriminals@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Same here. Might as well surf the piss till you find the light at the end of the tube.

[–] Pandantic@midwest.social 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Im glad psychedelic use surged. Makes you see reality differently and can be amazing for mental health issues which needs to be utilized. Fuck the war on drugs

I would still be on SSRIs if it wasn’t for my magic mushies, and they’ve done better than SSRIs ever did.

[–] xantoxis@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I've started growing some for this exact purpose. How do you dose and what form do you take them?

[–] Pandantic@midwest.social 5 points 2 years ago

0.25g every other day via ground mush in capsules. Good luck growing! It’s kinda fun too!

[–] PlantJam@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I recommend starting with actual trips before getting into micro dosing. Start with a low to moderate dose and wait at least two weeks before trips. Good luck, enjoy the journey!

[–] iHUNTcriminals@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Feel it out. I'd say 0.25g.

[–] iHUNTcriminals@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I want to use mushrooms again but I went on SSRIs. They changed my life for the better and without them I probably wouldn't have tried an SSRI. Mushrooms seem better. I only did low doses but went through about an oz of shrooms over the time I used them.

[–] Pandantic@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago

I grow my own and usually come up with enough capsules for a year.

[–] iHUNTcriminals@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

I became an alcoholic.

It's a shitty drug.

[–] 30mag@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Alcohol can go away though but it’s hard when there is quite literally no future to be seen

Probably will when they legalize the other things.

[–] SCB@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Alcohol will remain my favorite drug until they come out with drugs that are more fun than alcohol.

I've done just about everything but heroin, and whole heroin does seem really fun, the externalities are too big to ignore.

[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Several cities (including my own) and Oregon have decriminalized hallucinogenic mushrooms so it is not a huge surprise that rates increased.

[–] freeman@lemmy.pub 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I mean I agree the war on drugs and the way it’s policed is not the right call. But after looking at what’s happening in Oregon. Not sure I’m totally for just straight up legalize all the things. OD rates are up, and apparently it’s quite common for folks to be nodding off all over the place. It’s not the psechedelics like marijuana and lsd, it’s the synthetic opioids and harder drugs like heroin doing real damage.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2023/07/oregon-drug-decriminalization-results-overdoses/674733/

[–] SpezCanLigmaBalls@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Does anyone have a way to read the article without an account?

Oregon was setup to fail with it. The US is setup to fail right now. We can’t even agree that addiction is a mental health issue and should be addressed with therapy vs jail. Fentanyl will never be solved, let’s be real. Feds help bring it in.

Now if you set up clinics for people to do drugs safely AND gave them access to clean drugs it’s a completely different story.

It’s also not like that is unique to Oregon. Go to Seattle and you’ll see tons of people nodding and OD rates are higher everywhere

[–] freeman@lemmy.pub 1 points 2 years ago

https://archive.is/EfGAD

I should have included the archive link

[–] MonsiuerPatEBrown@reddthat.com 0 points 2 years ago

Just like how the people in the US are surprised how many people are willing to say "I'm queer" now that queer people have a voice.