<story><title>5-MeO-DMT: 20-minute psychoactive experience that’s transforming lives</title><url>https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidcarpenter/2020/02/02/5-meo-dmt-the-20-minute-psychoactive-toad-experience-thats-transforming-lives/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>pmoriarty</author><text>I urge everyone who&amp;#x27;s contemplating trying this substance, which is arguably by far &lt;i&gt;the most powerful psychedelic on the planet&lt;/i&gt;, to thoroughly educate themselves on it first.&lt;p&gt;Erowid[1] is a good place to start.&lt;p&gt;[1] - &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.erowid.org&amp;#x2F;chemicals&amp;#x2F;5meo_dmt&amp;#x2F;5meo_dmt.shtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.erowid.org&amp;#x2F;chemicals&amp;#x2F;5meo_dmt&amp;#x2F;5meo_dmt.shtml&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>5-MeO-DMT: 20-minute psychoactive experience that’s transforming lives</title><url>https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidcarpenter/2020/02/02/5-meo-dmt-the-20-minute-psychoactive-toad-experience-thats-transforming-lives/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>arexxbifs</author><text>I seem to recall there was a similar article about psilocybin on HN just a few days ago.&lt;p&gt;While there certainly might be some therapeutic use for psychedelics, they are a very unpredictable instrument. I think this recently re-emerging trend of attributing them with almost magical cure-all qualities is risky at best.&lt;p&gt;You might certainly have a blissful, life-altering experience with a prolonged positive afterglow, but you could also end up in a hellish, confused world of angst and terror for what seems like an eternity, and feel excruciatingly hollow for weeks or months afterwards. The latter can of course be devastating to someone suffering from depression, anxiety or other psychological ailments.</text></comment>