Friday, August 8, 2025

Not Too Much LSD

Student: What about things like LSD? Can it help?

SR: [Laughs] I have no experience of taking LSD, but that is not so important a problem at all. I think that is just like a medicine. So of course, if you take too much medicine, [laughs] it will not be good for you. But there is no objection to taking it, I think.

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