It’s true of all animals that they and we seek to alter their/our consciousness - Giorgio Samorini discusses this in his book Animals and Psychedelics: The Natural World and the Instinct to Alter Consciousness. Mushrooms have become stigmatized because of their role and use by hippies, but they are the opposite of addictive, as I touched upon in my article. Magic mushrooms as they are called, or psilocybin-containing mushrooms, are not physically addictive because we gain tolerance to the effects. Furthermore, continued use of them shows that these substances are not merely recreational or fun; they address our ills and help us get in touch with our deeper selves, releasing subsconsious thoughts, traumas, and limiting beliefs that no longer serve us. They are medicines, and developing a larger cultural framework to help people work with these medicines is key to helping our society become more conscious and from healing individual and collective traumas from living in an alienating society. Intentional use and integration are key.