9mo ago

Any signs that China is warming up to the idea of drugs on a recreational or therapeutic level? Like weed, LSD, and shrooms?

Naturalist remedies are popular in China. So I figure fungus(LSD and shrooms) and weed could be among the first psychedelics that will be legally distributed. I have no idea how far in the future.

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Thc oil was “ legal” at some point mid 2000. Now it’s ban iirc.
There is also a AIDS epidemic in Yunnan as a consequences of poverty and drug laws
- What drug laws?
Somebody can look it up but some Chinese scientists are doing research to create medication derived from psychedelics without the tripping part
I like this way better than just advocating for psychedelics themselves because bad trips are fucking terrifying and can easily set somebody back way worse than they were before
- I got sober recently because of a bad trip
  
  I'm sorry, that sucks the bad trip turned you away from drugs. Nobody should have to go through life completely sober
The primary (and, really, only) reason why I wouldn’t want to live in China is that I wouldn’t be able to smoke weed.
- Like most places on earth you probably can smoke weed just not legally.
In China, are doctors allowed to prescribe any drug if they think that's what the patient needs?
- Weed is fun, shrooms are mostly harmless, fun.
  Recreation for recreation's sake. There' no real justification for banning many recreational drugs but allowing alcohol. Alcohol is overwhelmingly more destructive than most recreation drugs.
  
  The only good thing Justin Trudeau ever did on his own was force full legalization down the throats of other legislators. I'm rather annoyed that I have him to thank for the existence of regulated stores carrying products that went through quality control.
  
  Idk shrooms and weed can induce psychotic episodes, so I wouldn’t say they’re mostly harmless all drugs come with risks and downsides. Is banning and criminalising them the right idea? No, but pretending they’re harmless isn’t the way to go either.
- If there was a stoned Xi emoji I could show you
- Additional treatments for PTSD, epilepsy, depression, anxiety, alcoholism.
curious how the legal penalties for posession of these illegal substances compares to the USA.
- I'm about to walk into a store and buy some weed so pretty different
  
  I meant for drugs which are illegal in both countries, obviously.
  
  I can do this in Texas
I don’t think they ever will dude.
i suppose only alcohol for now

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