Keep sharing your interesting thoughts and visions Noah.

Peace Light Love

I have just a few brief things things that I think might be worth sharing after reading all that:

1) I don’t think you have a very good objective definition of the word “drug.” Most people in the bio-psychological fields agree that it’s a pretty ambiguous term, even when explicitly defined, making statements like “drugs are bad,” unhelpful if not misleading.

2) Substances like heroin and meth are inherently damaging to the human system. They are not inherently addictive. I stand behind my initial point, and would invite you to dive a little deeper into considering what “addiction,” is.

3) The analogy of LSD to cancer is not remotely insightful. Again, I don’t want to beat you over the head about it, just encourage you to learn a little more about addiction, and perhaps look those studies up for yourself.

All the best with your continued research as well as conscious awakening.

Charles Eisenstein has an interesting book called Sacred Economics. He talks about gift economies and how we need to shift from valuing gold at a certain price to valuing the gold still in the Earth and protecting the environment through a shift in the economic system. I’m doing a blotchy job at trying to explain it and I haven’t finished the whole thing but it is a look at a new approach to economics that could be what the consciousness shift is moving toward (and if it’s not, it should.)

“I’m not saying that drugs are the “answer,” definitely not. I’m a fan of Krishnamurti as well, and agree that any real spiritual growth is lasting, and not conditional upon what substance you are metabolizing. I’m merely offering that there are a few compounds out there, >>>>>which could help facilitate that process.”

Sorry for this multiple-message mess LOL. You should add an ‘edit’ button somewhere.

(back on topic)
This topic in particular (the legalization of drugs) is a double-edged sword, ’cause legalization can end drug trafficking, yet it can >help further promote “hedonism” and other wrong values< (***again, I can talk about this a little bit more if you want).
In my country they're debating the legalization of cannabis… just a few weeks ago, a gang of teenagers got high with pot and stabbed to death a random pedestrian .
Sure, people don't die from smoking weed but… some you'd wish do.

“What is your definition of drug? If it’s anything containing a psychoactive compound that affects brain chemistry”

VERY good question.
MY ‘definition’ of “drug” is a bit special: I would say, a drug is anything that can trigger an addictive behavior… that leads to “destructive results”.
Those “destructive results” can be either ‘organism-damaging’ or ‘psychologically-damaging’.

However you’re mixing things here that shouldn’t be together.

Food that contains caffeine, for example, might not be good for health, yet people rarely get addicted to things like coffee or green tea LOL.
Coffee, chocolate, dairy, fatty foods… would be “unhealthy” food. Of course, some are MUCH more unhealthy than others, but we can sum it up and say, those are some of the foods to avoid (if you wanna lead a healthy life).

On another other side, activities like shopping, gambling, working… those fit in my definition of a drug, ’cause they can become addictive and, in this case, they can also have ‘psychologically-damaging’ effects (when you’re addcited to them).
People addicted to dieting might become anorexic or bulimic, for example.
Nevertheless with proper help you can overcome those kinds of addictions, after all, they’re just activities. People with high anxiety levels sometimes turn to a certain activity that helps them cope with that anxiety.
However, anxiety is usually the consequence of something else… so, until you don’t find and fix that “something else” that is triggering the anxiety, It will not only not go away, but probably grow.
An activity like exercising doesn’t solve any problem but disguises the consequences, generating a vicious circle where the more anxiety you have, the more you have to exercise in order to relax… but there’s a point where you can’t relax anymore, beacause all this time you weren’t reducing your anxiety: you were just disguising it and it grew to a point where you cannot control it anymore and it’ll start impacting in your life (and health) in a VERY negative way.

In third place, you said:

“Obviously, however, you don’t want to condemn any of these things completely… for none of them are inherently addictive. And that’s the real key here. NO substance or stimulus is inherently addictive. Not heroin, not crystal meth, nothing.”

Yes, they actually are.
I mean, of course! you’re not “born” with an addiction to heroin (for example), neither you’re gonna get addicted to it if you just try it once or twice… but all the aforementioned are VERY powerful, dangerous drugs, that feature a powerful “hook” that once it ‘hooks’ you… you might not be able to free yourself from it.
Maybe just the third time you try a certain drug, you’re already developing an addiction to it.
What’s more, ALL of those drugs cause severe, irreparable damage to both your organism and your mind. They literally KILL different kinds of cells (***I can expain this later if you want me to), leaving your health (and your sanity) nosediving ’till they hit rock-bottom, and then you become a “useless” yet “dangerous” person, with a life “ruined” beyond repair. Note the quotes, because I’m exaggerating a little bit obviously, even though it CAN get to that tragic point.

Then you said:

“LSD has been empirically demonstrated using double-blind studies to have a positive impact in overcoming alcohol addiction.”

I don’t wanna sound rude, but it’s quite foolish of you to believe such “studies”.
It’s like… curing aids with cancer LOL. Just try to imagine for a second that somehow, you can actually cure people with aids by inducing a cancer in them… yeah! even if it’s possible, it doesn’t sound like a good idea, does it?
This is pretty much the same case. The “natural way”, that is, facing problems (specially an alcohol addiction) straight to their face with no fear and strong commitment is the only way to overcome them.

“the “anti-drug,” TV campaigns, put on my Partnership for a Drug-Free America, are funded by Alcohol and Tobacco companies, indicating to me that they are propaganda campaigns more than anything.”

Sure, they support “anti-drug” campaigns because they have personal interests eventually.
Noah, “everyone” (note the quotes ) in this world, sadly, always do things to fulfill their personal, selfish (and often dark) ends. I’d dare to say that… like 80%? of the worldwide population only care about their ‘agendas’, and many are determined to do anything within their reach to get what they want. Put all the blame on capitalism. It’s the “worldwide religion” that has indoctrinated people to see everything (even themselves) as “objects” that can be “owned” by paying a certain “cost”, determined by their “worth”.

(back on topic)
This topic in particular (the legalization of drugs) is a double-edged sword, ’cause legalization can end drug trafficking, yet it can >help further promote “hedonism” and other wrong values>>>>which could help facilitate that process.”

There’s no ‘compund’ that can facilitate such an important, existence-defining event.
If anything, having a “crazy” life, full of “struggles” might help a little.
But actually, I can tell you from my experience, “awakening” and “illumination” are things that pretty much just “come” to you; they just happen. It’s like, pushing a button you don’t really know where is located. (***and again, I can explan myself a little bit more about this if you’re interested).

Well, that’s it. I hope you enjoy the reading .

P.S.: I hope grammar is O.K., I didn’t check it more than once LOL.