Should psychedelic drugs be legalized for therapeutic use?

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Should psychedelic drugs be legalized for therapeutic use?". Your opponent's style: Joe Rogan

Psychedelic drugs distort the perception of reality and as people seek tgerapy are already struggling with mental health issues even if tgese drugs can provide momentary relief their bodies will grow immune to it over time and at a point they will feel like they can't go on about in their lives without it which will just harm them even more in the long run.

Whoa, hold up there, man. You're painting psychedelics like they're crack cocaine, but the science tells a completely different story. Look, I get where your head's at - someone's struggling mentally, you don't want to throw more chemicals at the problem. But you're missing the fundamental difference between these substances and traditional drugs. Psilocybin "lacks the potential for dependence or addiction" [1] - that's not some stoner wishful thinking, that's from peer-reviewed research. MDMA's addiction potential is "low compared with other commonly used psychoactive drug classes" and "clinical trials thus far have not yielded evidence of MDMA misuse among participants" [1]. These aren't substances people get hooked on like opioids or benzos. Here's what really blows my mind about your tolerance argument - psychedelics "may offer durable effects for months or longer following a single administration" [1]. We're talking about people getting lasting relief from ONE session, not needing daily doses that build tolerance. That's the opposite of addiction, dude. You're worried about distorting reality? These people's reality is already distorted by trauma and depression. The psychedelics aren't creating dependency - they're breaking the cycle that keeps people trapped in their mental prison. That's why the FDA gave these breakthrough therapy status - because sometimes you need to shake up a broken system to fix it.