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Psychotropics

TagLast edit: Feb 8, 2025, 12:32 AM by lesswrong-internal

Psychotropic substances are substances that noticeably affect how people think. This tag is intended primarily for substances that cause short-term experiences that (used responsibly) can have long-term positive or net-neutral effects on one’s intellectual, emotional, and “spiritual” growth. This includes psychedelics such as Psilocybin and LSD as central examples, as well as MDMA and Cannabis as less-central examples

Contrast with the tags Psychiatry and Nootropics, which also pertain to substances which affect people’s cognition

Men­tal Mountains

Scott AlexanderNov 27, 2019, 5:30 AM
156 points
14 comments15 min readLW link1 review
(slatestarcodex.com)

LSD, Med­i­ta­tion, En­light­en­ment, and Ego Death

FinkApr 20, 2014, 7:41 PM
9 points
33 comments1 min readLW link

Benefits of adding poi­son to your DMT

George3d6Mar 4, 2024, 8:35 PM
6 points
2 comments5 min readLW link
(morelucid.substack.com)

Myths about Non­d­u­al­ity and Science by Gary Weber

Vadim GolubJan 15, 2025, 6:33 PM
2 points
0 comments23 min readLW link

A ra­tio­nal­ist’s guide to psy­choac­tive drugs

SkatcheFeb 10, 2011, 1:01 AM
96 points
48 comments17 min readLW link

Why would we think artists perform bet­ter on drugs ?

kilobugOct 30, 2011, 2:01 PM
14 points
35 comments11 min readLW link

Is it ra­tio­nal to take psilo­cy­bin?

pwnoMar 6, 2009, 4:44 AM
13 points
56 comments1 min readLW link

The Cult Deficit: Anal­y­sis and Speculation

rogersbaconJun 13, 2021, 5:33 AM
18 points
11 comments13 min readLW link

Cog­ni­tive Im­pacts of Co­caine Use

XodarapJul 31, 2021, 9:53 PM
25 points
7 comments3 min readLW link

Men­tal health benefits and down­sides of psychedelic use in ACX read­ers: sur­vey results

RationalElfOct 25, 2021, 10:55 PM
119 points
18 comments10 min readLW link

I Tripped and Be­came GPT! (And How This Up­dated My Timelines)

FrankophoneSep 1, 2022, 5:56 PM
31 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

How to use DMT with­out go­ing in­sane: On nav­i­gat­ing epistemic un­cer­tainty in the DMT memeplex

cube_flipperSep 23, 2022, 4:32 PM
7 points
4 comments8 min readLW link
(smoothbrains.net)

[Question] Is a PhD nec­es­sary to con­tribute mean­ingfully to a field?

TrudosKudosSep 27, 2022, 9:27 PM
4 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

Tem­po­rary Cog­ni­tive Hyper­pa­ram­e­ter Alteration

Jonathan MoregårdAug 1, 2024, 10:27 AM
9 points
0 comments3 min readLW link
(honestliving.substack.com)
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