Oof, yeah I fully agree.

We should be able to discus drugs, because whether you like it or not, drugs are part of the world, and part of life of many humans.

Most of us use drugs on a daily or weekly basis. Nicotine, caffeine, alcohol, weed, etc. We should be able to talk about these things.

Okay I didn't expect stricter rules here than on Reddit honestly.

Agree 100 percent, just because something is illegal it does not make it illegal to talk about it.

Y'all could set up on psychedelia.ink instead: "A Lemmy instance for all things psychedelia or psychedelia-adjacent."

There may be other appropriate specialized instances as well, that was just the first one that I noticed.

I agree, it needs to be more clear about what would be removed.

The piracy instance needs to be reinstated too. The admins of this community make Reddit look good.

Gonna be that guy. But just because something is legal in one place doesn't mean it is legal where the instance/owner is located. And the owner is protecting their own skin, I would do the same. Can also be realted to the host.

So as others have mentioned, it's better to find an instance welcoming this kind of content.

Agreed about the need for clarity. There’s probably nothing that isn’t illegal somewhere. So what’s the standard here?

Just want to also point out that lemmy.world is already a huge instance and these communities would be better if they were spread out to more instances

Like banning pics n photos of MUSHROOMS whether psychedelic or not is FUCKING BAZAAR to me ... I don't get it... Are amanita mascaria banned, how about blue meanies , or is it just cubes ? Banning nature / biology / science(mycology) is idiotic

Is there magazines about alcohol, vaping and or tobacco ?

Cause I assure You (Lemmy) shrooms been consumed by humans for far longer then any substances that You allow discussions over, and it's one of those organic substances that's more good than bad (obviously it's not for everyone) but it's a great 😃👍 substance... "

"several antibiotics have already been isolated from various mushrooms and microfungi (including penicillin and griseofulvin, which are isolated from microfungi)"

Are you gonna ban the discussion over antibiotics next ?

/SMH

A shroom community? That's disgusting, where?

Nah yeah bro, agreed.

The question of legality on Lemmy is something that has to evolve and be discussed because of federation. Stuff on one instance gets replicated on others in other parts of the world. What factors should be the determining ones? The place where the instance is hosted? All the places where the content is replicated? Who is liable? The owner of the originating instance or all the instances that replicate illegal content? If this wasn't free and open, but rather a huge corporation, the fediverse would have a legal team to decide already.

The Fdiverse already seems to be unraveling.

I always thought the model was flawed. Content from other instances should only be viewable and not copied to all instances.

I aggree. Though, communities like this should be marked NSFW.

The problem is you’re never going to control how people use Lemmy the internet treats censorship as if it were damage and routes around it.

The only option is to abide the laws of local jurisdiction. No amount of reddit protesting is going to work in this case. You’re either going to enjoy Lemmy.world or it won’t be your cup of tea and you’ll find another instance. The question is what will it take to boil your frog.

The illegal/legal content should be based on instance location.

I bought psilocybin mushrooms legally in Oakland, CA, fwiw. Like a month ago.

We have to admin the admins.

Isn't it kind of the point of federated communities? Admins of one particular instance can set whatever arbitrary rules they see fit and good for the instance they operate, and in turn everyone else can organise their own instance with their own rules.
I absolutely can understand how an admin based in US doesn't want to answer the questions like "what are all this talks about controlled substances on your server"