The Politics of Psilocybin

A reader makes a realistic point:

The one area of your blog I've without exception agreed with is your admirable and consistent defense of liberty. But don't expect any politician to share those views.

Psilocybin and THC are chemicals that are less toxic and less addicting than currently legal psychoactive substances. And they may have significant physical and mental health benefits. However, a major difference between these two substances and legal intoxicants is the for the former to induce new ways of thinking (sometimes disturbingly so, it must be granted). In early 21st century USA, what politician would want to support anyone thinking outside of  Republican and Democratic orthodoxy? In a world where we cannot be trusted to plan for our own retirement or health care, where we must be protected from nicotine and transfats, how can our "leaders" allow us to ingest substances that may encourage thinking?

(Painting: Michelangelo's psychedelic version of Heaven.)