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We now call ‘bad trips’ ‘challenging experiences’. Here’s why that’s misguided.
Renaming adverse effects of psychedelic drugs as “challenging experiences” minimizes, almost trivializes, their negative effects.
Rick Strassman is a medical doctor specialized in psychiatry with a fellowship in clinical psychopharmacology research. He is also the author of "DMT: The Spirit Molecule" which summarizes his academi