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Being African American, aspects of this topic weigh on my mind heavily. There aren't many black people or black communities that work with or interact with psychedelics in anyway. It's commonly considered a "white thing" to do or be into. African Americans also tend to get less quality of care, not only because of financial hardship, but also because of a variety of stereotypes, such ad being more likely to be drug seeking, and also a physically "tougher" "race" that needs less in the way of the mitigation of pain. I could go on, but it's par for the course as is the marginalization of black people in schools, jobs, and the prison system. I don't think I need to mention the history of intentional medical malpractice on black people (such as Tuskegee).

Back to psychedelics, when considering the individual, communal, and generational trauma of many black people in the U.S (not to mention around the world, and particularly in Africa, especially Sub-Saharan Africa), there could be tremendous healing benefit and broadening of mind and awareness by such a community being able to interact with these molecules and entheogens. But we can look at the vulture-capitalist system and see that barely any of them will be able to afford such experiences that they are already culturally adverse to due to historical precedence.

Take a look at the psilocybin pricing for therapy in Oregon. It's a farce.

Many of these aspects aren't relegated to African Americans alone. There are plenty of underprivileged white people as well as Hispanic, Native, Asian, Middle Eastern, etc people that also won't be able to take advantage of this Renaissance.

It angers me. And solidifies why I do underground guidework and may never go above board. This should be accessible to everyone in my opinion. The charge for even getting a license to administer some of this stuff is around $12,000 if I'm not mistaken (which is that much more of a joke considering prop 122 says that these plant medicines can be shared). I find such tactics abhorrent.

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<blockquote data-quote="Voidmatrix" data-source="post: 3906294" data-attributes="member: 5">Being African American, aspects of this topic weigh on my mind heavily. There aren&#039;t many black people or black communities that work with or interact with psychedelics in anyway. It&#039;s commonly considered a &quot;white thing&quot; to do or be into. African Americans also tend to get less quality of care, not only because of financial hardship, but also because of a variety of stereotypes, such ad being more likely to be drug seeking, and also a physically &quot;tougher&quot; &quot;race&quot; that needs less in the way of the mitigation of pain. I could go on, but it&#039;s par for the course as is the marginalization of black people in schools, jobs, and the prison system. I don&#039;t think I need to mention the history of intentional medical malpractice on black people (such as Tuskegee).Back to psychedelics, when considering the individual, communal, and generational trauma of many black people in the U.S (not to mention around the world, and particularly in Africa, especially Sub-Saharan Africa), there could be tremendous healing benefit and broadening of mind and awareness by such a community being able to interact with these molecules and entheogens. But we can look at the vulture-capitalist system and see that barely any of them will be able to afford such experiences that they are already culturally adverse to due to historical precedence. Take a look at the psilocybin pricing for therapy in Oregon. It&#039;s a farce. Many of these aspects aren&#039;t relegated to African Americans alone. There are plenty of underprivileged white people as well as Hispanic, Native, Asian, Middle Eastern, etc people that also won&#039;t be able to take advantage of this Renaissance. It angers me. And solidifies why I do underground guidework and may never go above board. This should be accessible to everyone in my opinion. The charge for even getting a license to administer some of this stuff is around $12,000 if I&#039;m not mistaken (which is that much more of a joke considering prop 122 says that these plant medicines can be shared). I find such tactics abhorrent. One love</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Voidmatrix, post: 3906294, member: 5"] Being African American, aspects of this topic weigh on my mind heavily. There aren't many black people or black communities that work with or interact with psychedelics in anyway. It's commonly considered a "white thing" to do or be into. African Americans also tend to get less quality of care, not only because of financial hardship, but also because of a variety of stereotypes, such ad being more likely to be drug seeking, and also a physically "tougher" "race" that needs less in the way of the mitigation of pain. I could go on, but it's par for the course as is the marginalization of black people in schools, jobs, and the prison system. I don't think I need to mention the history of intentional medical malpractice on black people (such as Tuskegee). Back to psychedelics, when considering the individual, communal, and generational trauma of many black people in the U.S (not to mention around the world, and particularly in Africa, especially Sub-Saharan Africa), there could be tremendous healing benefit and broadening of mind and awareness by such a community being able to interact with these molecules and entheogens. But we can look at the vulture-capitalist system and see that barely any of them will be able to afford such experiences that they are already culturally adverse to due to historical precedence. Take a look at the psilocybin pricing for therapy in Oregon. It's a farce. Many of these aspects aren't relegated to African Americans alone. There are plenty of underprivileged white people as well as Hispanic, Native, Asian, Middle Eastern, etc people that also won't be able to take advantage of this Renaissance. It angers me. And solidifies why I do underground guidework and may never go above board. This should be accessible to everyone in my opinion. The charge for even getting a license to administer some of this stuff is around $12,000 if I'm not mistaken (which is that much more of a joke considering prop 122 says that these plant medicines can be [i]shared[/i]). I find such tactics abhorrent. One love [/QUOTE]