Besides the "it's not that binary" thing that other people already told you, and that I agree with, there's a few other misconceptions I think:
> It's not a coincidence that psychedelics have been used in religious ceremonies throughout human history.
I don't think the reason is that they are good "brainwashing" drugs and religion is inherently about changing everyone's personality. I think what you are referring to as "religion" was not "religion" back then, but "religion, science, medicine and the state" which where all usually together and perceived as a single entity. The main reason they were using psychedelics may be that they are very effective, cheap, easy to extract from plants, and that they at a large scale work in addressing a lot of maladies. What was tuned for "brainwashing" and "controlling people" where the ceremonies, the drugs don't "do that" on their own.
The CIA conducted a lot of research into using LSD for brainwashing. So did Mossad, to use them for kidnapping people but making it seem like they are willingly going with them. They are not effective for this. Most of the literature agrees that high doses are more likely to help with depression and anxiety than to have any bad consequences.
And yeah they make you easier to manipulate and more suggestible. So do benzodiazepines and alcohol but with no of the benefits. You just need to be a little bit careful when taking them if you are struggling with any mental issue. Just like everything else.
> I have personally felt this and it scared the fuck out of me.
Do you have any experience administering psychedelics or with the vast literature about administering psychedelics? Because yeah, research has been banned in the US for a while, but this things have been around since the 50s. There's a lot of published research and a lot of literature from community use.
I think you may just be projecting your own experience here.
> It's not a coincidence that psychedelics have been used in religious ceremonies throughout human history.
I don't think the reason is that they are good "brainwashing" drugs and religion is inherently about changing everyone's personality. I think what you are referring to as "religion" was not "religion" back then, but "religion, science, medicine and the state" which where all usually together and perceived as a single entity. The main reason they were using psychedelics may be that they are very effective, cheap, easy to extract from plants, and that they at a large scale work in addressing a lot of maladies. What was tuned for "brainwashing" and "controlling people" where the ceremonies, the drugs don't "do that" on their own.
The CIA conducted a lot of research into using LSD for brainwashing. So did Mossad, to use them for kidnapping people but making it seem like they are willingly going with them. They are not effective for this. Most of the literature agrees that high doses are more likely to help with depression and anxiety than to have any bad consequences.
And yeah they make you easier to manipulate and more suggestible. So do benzodiazepines and alcohol but with no of the benefits. You just need to be a little bit careful when taking them if you are struggling with any mental issue. Just like everything else.
> I have personally felt this and it scared the fuck out of me.
Do you have any experience administering psychedelics or with the vast literature about administering psychedelics? Because yeah, research has been banned in the US for a while, but this things have been around since the 50s. There's a lot of published research and a lot of literature from community use.
I think you may just be projecting your own experience here.