Ah, the human need to categorize things in black and white. you gotta love it. can't you just accept something for what it is? weed is weed is weed.

but yeah, it can be a pretty useful spiritual tool. personally, i think that's what a lot of drugs(at least the natural ones) are; something that temporarily gets you closer to your spiritual nature. that's why we have revelations. however, if you're not ready for it or you force it, it can end up pretty bad - that's where bad trips and freak-out highs come from.

i think hallucinagens are meant to teach us that everything is an illusion, that it's all a dream. the stuff we see while we're on shrooms or salvia could be just as real - or more so- as "reality"(think The Matrix).

maybe it's only a hallucination because we say it's a hallucination.