They are controlled/illegal substances because of their effects on the human mind, and how they can be addictive in some cases. The government thinks people are idiots (and I agree) and would lose themselves on these things.

How do we find laws regarding this? I want to study biochem and the effects of ingested/inhaled/injected substances on the brain. Maybe psychiatry would be good to learn about that too. Anyway, once I had that, I'd be able to run tests in labs and stuff right? I assume that scientists get waved for ...

I was drawn to the study of health, life extension, as methods of mastering life. These are still important, but does anyone notice that in the rush, we tend to avoid the brain? It is not visible. People are lifting weights, rubbing lotions on their skin, dying their hair... But what about what fund...

The concept of AP is very interesting, and I want to study this experience, and maybe undergo it myself. I'm pretty skeptical though, I think it's probably just imagination, hallucination, or lucid dreaming. Even so, people make it sound rather vivid, moreso than otherwise, so it would at the least ...

Attaining lucidity in dreams is totally useless if you can never remember doing it. Otherwise how would you know? In the waking hours is when we contemplate that stuff. First off, we need to remember dreams. A lot of people don't. I grasp at straws sometimes. Keeping a journal helps, it makes it int...