Hallucinogens; The latest fad.
the latest: Curing anorexia.
psychologically this is a way to cope when the environment is oppressive: an obessive compulsive behavior because by your diet you can at least control one thing in your life (see how both Sisi and Princess Diana's anorexia started because of the oppression not of their marriages alone but the court life pressures on them).
I posted this answer:
I always suspect these studies because they are done
to prove the hallucinogen works.
They also have selected participants:
For example, devout Christians would not take
hallucinogens, but might enter into a study of faith
healing for depression etc.
(for which there are a lot of anecdotes that it works).
So where are these studies?
Ironically, the advocates often cite AmerIndian healing
ceremonies, but ignore the ceremonies are about
communal prayer for the person.
And magic mushrooms don't make you hallucinate
like LSD but merely give you a mild high that makes
you feel like you are part of the entire world. For people
with existential loneliness, this might indeed help them,
but without helping them connect with their family and
society, other problems will result.
Mother Katherine Drexal, a nun who pioneered schools
for minorities, once participated and noted that
the mushroom gave her the same feeling as she
got in deep prayer after taking the Eucharist.
This needs to be examined but probably won't be.
or as one commenter noted:
It the new "marijuana"; the recreational drug lobby has move on after their last victory.