--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jst...@...> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > <snip> > > So what's more sad? Someone who "got over" their > > hippie ideals and consigned them to the Windows > > Recycle Bin Of Life, or those who still think that > > there was something fairly cool going on then, > > something that had value even if the drugs that > > fueled that revolution didn't? > > (What's sad about the latter? Did you get your > rhetoric all tangled up again?) > > Some of us think the drugs had a tremendous value > (the psychedelics, at any rate) and could still have > enormous benefit if we could lose our stupid > prejudices against them and learn to use them > properly.
Wanted to add: Medical marijuana is a start. I just worked on a book with a big section on the various conditions marijuana is good for--not just pain and insomnia relief and appetite improvement but actual curative effects. And there's renewed interest in research using LSD, psilocybin, and MDM (Ecstasy) in psychotherapy. With any luck, the experimentation that "fueled the revolution" will result in these beneficial drugs making a comeback after a period underground. And that might fuel a new revolution, one that's even "cooler" because its idealism is more solidly grounded, and maybe lead to a new wave of spiritual renewal via meditation.
