XPost: alt.drugs.psychedelics, alt.drugs, alt.drugs.rfg   
   XPost: rec.drugs.psychedelic   
   From: rfgdxm@KILLSPAMMERSmochamail.com   
      
   Frederick Burroughs wrote:   
      
   > The insistence on a clinical, pathological definition of the mental   
   > effects of psychedelic drugs JUST DOESN'T FIT my experience or the   
   > experience of most of my friends.  In fact, I find the definitions of   
   > psychosis antithetical and absurdly inappropriate when applied to the   
   > psychedelic experience.  I'm beginning to see Ken Kesey's perspective   
   > when he wrote "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest."  His frustration with   
   > clinical petrifaction growing so infuriating he was moved to write a   
   > great American novel.   
      
      It should be noted the definition says *resembling* mental illness.   
   Not that it is the same as. And, not all states of mental illness   
   necessarily are unpleasant. Mania and euphoria for example. Psychosis   
   doesn't just mean Norman Bates running around with a knife.   
   --   
   http://www.dextromethorphan.ws/   
   For information about the psychedelic drug DXM, including dangers.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)