> Lots of people used LSD in the 60s and 70s and as far as I can tell they didn't usher in a new age of love, peace, and tolerance.
I would argue that LSD helped end the war in Vietnam. It's also not a fair criticism because governments around the world demonized LSD and made it a crime to partake, so you took it in an atmosphere of fear and paranoia. Hallucinogenics are only now given a fair test. There's already lots of anecdotal evidence that hallucinogens changed lives for the better (Steve Job, Richard Alpert.) A lot more has to change before a new age of love, peace and tolerance comes about, things like human greed and selfishness. No one is claiming that LSD turns people into angels.
I would argue that LSD helped end the war in Vietnam. It's also not a fair criticism because governments around the world demonized LSD and made it a crime to partake, so you took it in an atmosphere of fear and paranoia. Hallucinogenics are only now given a fair test. There's already lots of anecdotal evidence that hallucinogens changed lives for the better (Steve Job, Richard Alpert.) A lot more has to change before a new age of love, peace and tolerance comes about, things like human greed and selfishness. No one is claiming that LSD turns people into angels.