I think these get a lot of traction because of the interesting proposal that, should this go through, the possibility of a future where when one is feeling a little down or a little bored they might pop into their local Walgreens and get a one-night dose of OTC MDMA to liven up the boredom and sadness of their life.
It's an interesting consideration that I think is part of the excitement and buzz these articles generate. I think many people would experiment with psychedelics and other harder drugs if they knew the safety was very high and that it might correlate to other benefits such as overcoming past emotional blockages or looking forward to tomorrow with brighter eyes.
I said all of that to say that I take these articles with a grain of salt. Some of these well-known drugs may very well have amazing positive benefits for a select group of people experiencing a correlated negative existence, but I strongly doubt that any of them will be a panacea for any of the more universal ills, that is to say, I doubt casual sadness or unhappiness will ever have a treatment in pill form. These treatments will most likely be best reserved for the people who have deep and abiding emotional and psychological scars that traditional holistic approaches ("whole-body", not new age woo woo) would be entirely unable to treat.
It's an interesting consideration that I think is part of the excitement and buzz these articles generate. I think many people would experiment with psychedelics and other harder drugs if they knew the safety was very high and that it might correlate to other benefits such as overcoming past emotional blockages or looking forward to tomorrow with brighter eyes.
I said all of that to say that I take these articles with a grain of salt. Some of these well-known drugs may very well have amazing positive benefits for a select group of people experiencing a correlated negative existence, but I strongly doubt that any of them will be a panacea for any of the more universal ills, that is to say, I doubt casual sadness or unhappiness will ever have a treatment in pill form. These treatments will most likely be best reserved for the people who have deep and abiding emotional and psychological scars that traditional holistic approaches ("whole-body", not new age woo woo) would be entirely unable to treat.