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Licking9VoltBattery t1_j782eod wrote

It’s interesting that correlation often is expressed in a way to indicate a narrative or causality.

Like poor people become criminals vs criminals are often poor.

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ImportantRope t1_j785bxz wrote

Not saying my personal anecdotes are data, but in my experience my trips always lead to me examining my health and things I could be doing better on. A couple I knew was going through a handle of whiskey a week during the pandemic, and one trip on mushrooms led to them not touching it for over 6 months, which is awesome for them.

Not saying that proves any thing causally, but I'd be interested in study results that explored it a bit more because it would be awesome if it could help people.

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Licking9VoltBattery t1_j7879fw wrote

I’d say you can make an argument. Eg. That’s why such drugs can be used effectively in all sorts of therapy. So I believe it’s plausible.

However, the folks i known who are interested and favour psychedelic drugs where a bit more sophisticated than for examples heavy alcohol users (and certainly would never do illegal drugs). That’s were a survey is heavily biased.

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MarcusXL t1_j7akk3w wrote

Psychedelics certainly influenced me to stop smoking. I personally know several people who had the same experience. Setting aside actual physiological impact, psychedelics are very powerful tools of self-reflection. The idea that cigarettes are essentially slow suicide is extremely impactful when considered while high on psychedelics.

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