Abstract
Abusing psychoactive substances has been a popular sport in the business world since the mid-19th century. First, they were appreciated for their stimulating or tonic effects, but later with psychedelics on the scene, their importance in subculture matured. In the last decade, it has become very popular to use LSD and cocaine in subtle doses, which provides users with a high that is enough to feel their psychoactive potential, but not as high that significant behavioral changes can be seen. Unlike regular use, microdosing is usually sufficient to affect a few without undue finish and withdrawal symptoms. It allows for abuse in the regular mode of the working week with a rest phase on the weekend. The diametric difference between the abuse of standard dosing and micro-dosing is also in the decreasing tolerance of the organism. Over time, an organism permanently exposed to microdosing of stimulants is sufficient to achieve a gradually decreasing dose effect that psychedelics develop resistance to. Case studies of such prolonged use were described and analyzed to show the role of microdosing in the creative world and for business managers. Initial field research, funded by the Newton University internal grant, focused on contamination mapping in office spaces for employees in target positions. Further research continues on the investigation of microdosing in conditions of corporate reality.
Highlights
The business world places great pressure on its participants, asking for maximal productivity with minimal non-productive time and no mistakes
The main topic is targeted at changes in the perception of psychoactive substances in current business with a basic description of the most common psychoactive substances used for microdosing and their biological effects
Trends in the stimulation of the workforce with microdoses are widely accepted around the globe, the first signs of combating such practices have been reported from the United Kingdom and the Czech Republic
Summary
The business world places great pressure on its participants, asking for maximal productivity with minimal non-productive time and no mistakes. This scheme goes against the general rules of psycho-hygiene, which requires a balanced proportion of mental strain and relaxation. There is no exception to meet stressed clerks and business people, supporting their weakened mental condition with psychoactive chemical substances—both legal and illegal. Described are new approaches to microdosing in business, both for use and qualified legal sale, and safety countermeasures from the employer’s point of view. Microdosing of psychoactive substances is an emerging trend of business practice, which is described below and supported with randomly selected case studies published in open sources. The meaning of the study is to cover the background of the microdosing phenomenon and later continue with the descriptive study of methamphetamine micro contamination
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