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Varyk@sh.itjust.works

YSK the FDA has granted psilocybin treatments for depression "breakthrough therapy" status 3 times since 2018 (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by Varyk@sh.itjust.works to c/youshouldknowfacts@sh.itjust.works

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psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, has proven itself to be effective against depression and physiologically safe. there are over 100 therapeutic psychedelic experiments going through the FDA approval process since the breakthrough status designation.

"At Day 21, following the second dose, 53% and 44% of patients in the 12 mg and 16 mg groups, respectively, were classified as responders (achieving a 50% or greater reduction in MADRS scores). By Day 126 (four months after the initial dose), the percentage of responders increased to 75% in both dosing groups."

https://www.pharmacytimes.com/view/fda-breakthrough-therapy-designation-granted-to-novel-psychedelic-molecule-cyb003-for-major-depressive-disorder

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37247807/

YSK that psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, is 50% less toxic than caffeine. (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by Varyk@sh.itjust.works to c/youshouldknowfacts@sh.itjust.works

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caffeine only needs 190 mg per kilogram of body weight to have a 50/50 chance of killing you, whereas you would need 280 mg per kilogram of body weight of psilocybin.

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YSK 43 of 50 US staes implement "pay-for-stay" policies, in which inmates pay for room and board every day they spend incarcerated, and 35 states authorize service fees (healthcare, etc) (www.brennancenter.org)

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Weird that the nearly ubiquitous US pay-for- stay incarceration policy is never mentioned on TV, huh?

YSK what a conspiracy is(and is not). (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 week ago by Varyk@sh.itjust.works to c/youshouldknowfacts@sh.itjust.works

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A conspiracy is "an unlawful, harmful, or evil plan formulated in secret by two or more persons; plot."

A conspiracy is not inherently fictional or nonfictional, it is a plan secretly devised by multiple people for an often harmful purpose.

In the same way books can be fictional and nonfictional, conspiracies can be fictional and nonfictional.

Fictional book: Harry Potter

Nonfictional book: The Diary of Anne Frank

Fictional conspiracy: Vaccines contain microchips - there is no evidence supporting this claim.

Nonfictional conspiracy: The Fake Electors plot - a documented and testified to attempt to steal the 2020 US presidency by Taco and friends by lying about the US election results

Nonfiction accounts are supported by verifiable, corroborated evidence.and has no rational basis for dispute

Why YSK: I see many posts and comments conflating the word "conspiracy" with "fictional scheme", which is not at all what the word "conspiracy" means.