VICE Documentary on Bufo

[Yimpa]

A fantastic documentary VICE did on Bufo. Have any of you tried it? What has your experience been like?

 

[Puer Aeternus]

Feels like this documentary wasn’t as much about Bufo, as it was an interesting preview of what can go wrong with commercialization of psychedelics. 

 

It’s pretty wild to see naive tourists getting suckered into shady deals with people who aren’t concerned or experienced enough to deal with them. Like a preview of the ugly side of widespread legalization in more places. Marketing it as a miracle cure for mental illness, mixing it in with new age mumbo jumbo nonsense, and all the sexual assaults. The portal to god intertwined with devilry.

 

I had a mostly unresearched interest in doing Bufo in Tulum before, but after watching I’ll be much more skeptical of these retreats. I think I’ll bite the bullet and just see what I can bum off of hippies instead. Do it by myself. 
 

 

 

[Yimpa]

5 hours ago, Puer Aeternus said:

It’s pretty wild to see naive tourists getting suckered into shady deals with people who aren’t concerned or experienced enough to deal with them. Like a preview of the ugly side of widespread legalization in more places. Marketing it as a miracle cure for mental illness, mixing it in with new age mumbo jumbo nonsense, and all the sexual assaults. The portal to god intertwined with devilry.

Reminds me of this Leo  blog post about corruption and scams. Talk about having a bad trip 😅