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> number of incidents of people having psychotic episodes while tripping and injuring or killing themselves, usually while trying to fly 1 person died and she
by datadeft 3y ago
> number of incidents of people having psychotic episodes while tripping and injuring or killing themselves, usually while trying to fly
1 person died and she was 17 so could not legally purchase mushrooms.
> Sale to minors is prohibited, and an information leaflet should be given with the mushrooms (apparently, the French girl had not bought the mushrooms herself, but older friends).
I think we live in era when driving a car and dying is ok while taking mushrooms and dying is not ok.
The first has one or two orders of magnitude more deaths than the second case.
- nec4b 3y agoI guess you don't drive to work if you somehow equate driving (something necessary to live) with taking mushrooms (unnecessary and risky pleasure)?
- davidandgoliath 3y agoDriving is very optional. Guns are very optional. We have both, so, we should also consider responsible adults worthy of choosing to use/not use substances.
- nec4b 3y agoMaybe for you driving is optional, though I wander how food gets to your store, but for a large number of people is a necessity.
- datadeft 3y agoCan I also claim that taking LSD is a necessity for me to have my well being? Who decides what is a necessity and what is not? I would say that the harm rate could be a good indicator what a society should tolerate and anything that is less harmful what is tolerated should be legal.
- datadeft 3y agoI do sometimes, but more often I take public transportation or wfh.