What is value? How exactly does our society place value on a certain object? The question here is value, and by value I refer to the value of hallucinogenic drugs. But, I understand that this concept maybe shocking, or appalling to some, I鈥檇 like to logically draw my conclusions from fact, showing that the misconception surrounding these drugs may draw certain fallacies. Second, I will show how the value of these drugs have changed over time. Third, I will delve into the idea of value, and what exactly it is, in accordance to these substances. It is my hopes to show both sides of the debate that value is an opinion, and doesn鈥檛 remain constant from person to person.
The first fallacy is this government鈥檚 questionable prohibition of these drugs. Now up until 1968, LSD, Peyote, Psilocybin Mushrooms, and other hallucinogens were legal within the U.S.. So Peyote and mushrooms have been around for thousands of years, but the dangers were finally realized in 1968. Logical. So they made them illegal, only to partially legalize them again in 2005 with the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Within this act, it was stated that any and all drugs that were used in behalf of a religious ceremony, could not remain illegal in the United States, without being unconstitutional. So they鈥檙e illegal and dangerous, but legal enough to be used in church, and safe enough that many religions feed them to their congregations. Were the hippies and beatniks not using it for spiritual purposes? What if a massive rejuvenation of their counterculture caused the foundation of a hippie church? Wouldn鈥檛 the government be forced to recognize them?
The history of these drugs, that we know of, dates back to three thousand B.C. in China and Mesopotamia. These drugs include Psilocybin mushrooms, Kava Kava, Marijuana, Mescalin or peyote, and Ayahuasca. The ancient Aztec, African, and Mayan cultures all ingested Magic Mushrooms as parts of rituals, with depictions of an entire villages starting off certain days of the year with a spiritual trip in order to enlighten their mind, and explore their aspirations in life. Islanders in the West Pacific ingest the root of the Kava Kava plant, usually in tea, and refuse to conduct business without it, stating that it keeps their view on the world in check. My last example is that which led me to this subject, Amazonian tribesmen prepare Black Ayahuasca Tea, which is rumored to be one of the strongest hallucinogens known to man, in a spiritual coming of age ceremony. In this ceremony they are supposed to face their fears, become comfortable with the minute part they play in the grand scheme of things, and the gravity of their everyday impulsive decisions. The point is simply that humans have been not only ingesting these mind altering substances since our conception, but that they had once played a more integral part of our lives. Maybe humans have lost touch with their inner self, their spiritual side, especially in this technological age where religion and spirituality are on the back burner, and science is on the forefront.
To explore whether or not they hold value, I need to explore exactly what they do to you. Hallucinogens fully open up the human brain, confusing your serotonin receptors in your mind into using the left side of the brain, or the imaginative engine. Contingents of these drugs are visuals, a sense of euphoria, a motley collection of psychotropic colors confusing your senses, along with alternate views of long held ideals. The experience most often brings out memories, experiences, apprehensions, hopes, aspirations, and nightmares. Your mind will wander to the utmost brink of its sanity, forcing whatever one may be thinking in the back of one鈥檚 mind to materialize in front of their eyes. These things that truly make or break our psyche, that etch out how we act every day, and the assumptions that we make as we move through our daily lives, can all be easily be altered. Many will feel that they fully understand, everything, the world around them, their lives, and even their hopes and dreams, showing people what they truly value. The trip is controlled by the mind, showing how powerful their mind truly is, and allowing people to face their apprehensions. We all have experiences that frighten us, scar us, leaving our mind paralyzed with too many concerns. It can make one look back on their life, and look forward, with visualizations of what may come, and what one is doing with their lives. We act too often on impulse, to what we need at the moment, forming a blind beast of modern man. Modern man has lost his spirituality with the advance of science, but that spirituality has been tied too close to outdated and power-hungry religions. Instead, people should find spirituality in one鈥檚 every day menial tasks, find reasoning behind it, and change their outlook on these tasks, than maybe a more profound, intelligent, and responsible modern man may come to be. So do you believe there|||Fat chance in hell im reading that,
But Psilocybin, Fly Ageric (amnita muscaria), DMT, Salvia, LSD, and all that other good stuff is absolutely NUTS!
hahah|||Salvia is amazing, so is Wild Kratom and K2 Smoke Mix.|||Ah too long! And this sounds like a homework question.
