science

I don't totally disagree with the sentiment of what you're saying, but it's worth giving a cursory glance at psychedelic research before you totally write it off. One of the things that's been documented is an increased ability to access compassion for yourself and others. Another suggests that psilocybin could help reform maladaptive neural pathways.

It's not like "ingest a substance and your problems will go away," it's more like "this is one tool that could be helpful in some specific ways." Psychedelics are legitimately different from other substances and I think it's worth reading about with a hair less cynicism. It's potentially very useful medicine.

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/psychiatry/research/psychedelics-research