> The problem is that the qualitative effects of a drug are determined not just by its molecular structure, but also by the dose, the route of administration, a

> The problem is that the qualitative effects of a drug are determined not just by its molecular structure, but also by the dose, the route of administration, and the type of person using the drug. Environment also plays a role. I took a great deal of LSD for a few years way back when. I got into a rut of having enormously bad experiences for a while and came to believe that there was something terribly wrong with my psychological state, leading me to take it only in solitude so that I could enjoy my favorite music to it without corrupting the experience for others. At some point, I reluctantly agreed to dose with my then gf and was shocked when she told me she had never seen anyone so happy and positive in the midst of a trip. About a year later, I had resumed taking it with close friends and the bad times seemed long gone. I dosed with another close friend for the first time in two years and had an awful experience. It hit me that he had been with me for every bad trip that I'd ever had. We had been friends for years, but something about our dynamic was causing me tremendous anxiety in the moment. I never took a hallucinogenic drug in his presence again and the bad times again subsided. On a side note, if you watch some of the army experiments with LSD administered to soldiers in sterile lab rooms from the Cold War era, it's no wonder some of them are suffering so much. It makes me feel bad for them just thinking about it.