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Can Drugs Lead to Truth?
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Can Drugs Lead to Truth?

It's easy to dismiss any insights while gained in an altered state as "crazy". But there might be more going on.

Drugs seem to make people naturally more philosophic; they shake you from your regular framework, which might be what people need in order to grasp the truth from a new direction.

But of course, drug use comes with its own risks. I've seen too many people whose wires have crossed after taking a few too many magic mushrooms. Use at your own risk.

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