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1. lakomen ◴[] No.42478636[source]
What's surprising about it? Teens are attracted by things that are forbidden to them. When you legalize drugs that falls off. Also enough information is available nowadays that doesn't come from some finger waving "you you you" morality zealot, but actual real life examples.

For me at least the pull of cannabis and other drugs, never did real hard and addictive drugs like heroin, was that they were illegal and the effects weren't as bad as the lectures said they were. So I thought what's true about cannabis is also true about cocaine, lsd, psilocybin, xtc etc, but I've seen enough movies about heroin addicts going to waste. I was wrong about lsd and psilocybin and coke had no positive effect on me, except once I became Mr super cool monopoly player ans the other time I was full of energy, but I believe it was mixed with something other than coke. LSD was very uncontrollable, the 1st time was great, simple laugh and dance, the next time was awful and I suffered from it for many years. Psilocybin then, with friends cleared my mind and I was able to articulate myself and think clearly like never before. Amphetamine, I'll never forget the sour smell, but essentially a useless drug, except to stay awake. MDMA varying degrees of happiness and community. But the worst drug was nicotine. Useless, super addictive and really bad for your health. So hard to quit and it's everywhere and it's even worse now with all the e-cigarettes / vapes. Nicotine is an epidemic that needs to be eradicated. It's pure evil.

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2. cactusplant7374 ◴[] No.42482502[source]
The withdrawal symptoms for nicotine are mild anxiety and cravings. It's not a real addiction by any stretch of the imagination. Also, vapes are much safer than cigarettes. [0] Some of the other formulations (tablets, lozenges, and pouches) are likely even safer but can affect oral health in some cases.

I think the real danger is that people start to see LSD, Psilocybin, and Ayahuasca as a doorway to another world when in reality it's akin to a dream state. It's delusional thinking and many people claim to be making serious, life changing decisions based on their experiences. That is scary.

[0] https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/dec/28/vaping-is-95...