LSD should be legal under license

You claim LSD has all these dangers but if it isnt actually harming the user how is that a bad thing. Just because the side effects exist doesn't mean that you will get them every single trip. As I stated before hundreds of thousands of people seem to find LSD a great drug and continue to go back to it and purchase it again. Why else would someone risk breaking the law in order to take LSD. If it was so bad and so dangerous why do so many people continue to take it. With the level of danger you are claiming we would be hearing about LSD dangers every single day on the news. As I state before only 4% of people said it effected their life negatively. My evidence is based on user reports who have first hand experience which is what counts rather than random reports of adverse effects placed out of context. If the users are enjoying it as an overall experience why is it such a bad thing? You can mention all the side effects you want but you still haven't listed any real danger. In the very few people that actually do suffer bad trips even they go on to take more LSD because they know the dangers of LSD yet realise that the good outways the bad. These side effects are noted by the user and are easily overcome with the right mindset. Firefighters train through experience. After they have done something enough they know how to handle a situation. The same applies with LSD, the more experience you have the easier it becomes to deal with. You also keep mentioning that LSD in unpredictable and dangerous. I would disagree because while every trip is unique it still produces the same basic effects that can be described. I also fail to see how the person is actually being put in danger. The survey shows the people overwhelmingly feel that they have a good time and are never actually placed in real danger that could threaten their life or health. One of your sources states that an "LSD analogue" caused someone to put themselves in danger but we are not discussing analogues, we are solely discussing the chemical that is LSD-25. Schedule I drugs can be studied in a lab but only after a very lengthy process and permission to do so from the government. I also ask that as I state above that LSD is in the same class as heroin and classed as even more dangerous than cocaine and methamphetamine. Do you actually agree that is causes more harm than these chemicals. You state that making drugs legal is going to cause everyone to start taking it and will all those dangers you listed, they are going to harm themselves very significantly even though 95% of people before them seemed to enjoy it. Denver recently legalised marijuana for recreational purposes and actually showed a drop in crime. The streets didnt explode with marijuana addicts and crime. Regulating these drugs is the future and it works and have been show to work in many other places such as Portugal and Netherlands. In the Netherlands marijuana use actually went down. They also have had magic mushrooms and truffles legalized. In being very chemically similar to LSD, the people there have not gone crazy and have seemed to hold onto there sanity even though they are being bombarded with all these adverse effects and dangers. I wouldnt know if the safety classes would work but it couldnt hurt and would hopefully teach people the best methods of staying safe. Teens are taught the dangers of alcohol and smoking in high school and of course there are still the ones who drink and smoke underage anyway. Despite what you may have heard without first hand experience you would not know that when under the influence of LSD you dont lose all control of your being and still are able to make rational choices unless you have a source proving otherwise. It impairs you to a lesser degree to alcohol which kills thousands of people every year. I was referring to other countries which still have the death penalty for drug offenses. And do you honestly believe that any amount of jail time and all the negatives that come with it is really worth a consenting adult being sent to prison. Should a person really be sent to prison for a simple act of free expression and control over their body. Why should it be the states business what a person does with there body. It is a simple issue of freedom. How can you take away someones freedom for simply wanting to be able to control ones own body. Yes legally there doesn't need to be a plaintiff but my point is that no one is being hurt and there is no victim that is lodging a complaint. You cant complain about what someone does in there own house that doesn't effect you. Ive never heard of a neighborhood coming together and declaring they hate LSD and think its a menace to society. LSD has been part of many great discoveries and people and even though you may say steve jobs though LSD was insignificant I quote "One of the most important things in my life." It has changed so many peoples live for the better. Here are some quotes from users about how it made their lives better. Provided a deeper unterstanding into the complicated maze that is the human and spiritual soul. A more clear perception of the sorrounding world and new possibilities to interpret it. It has made me realize how much of a gift life and how we all need to take care of our earth so in the future others will be able to experience the same gift that we have. Has opened my mind to countless possibilities. Made me more aware of the world around and within. Taught me to never accept reality at face value. Given me a keen interest in consciousness and perception. LSD has allowed me to witness reality in a perspective that one cannot comprehend in sobriety. LSD was indeed a kind of 'mind expansion' agent for me, opening up what was a rather narrow perception of life. However, I am unable to say if its physical effects were completely benign - the states of our brain health are too complex to assess the effects of only one factor. As yet, I have no regrets. LSD gave me a new perspective on just about everything that is considered reality. It really allowed me to see the importance of many things that I took for granted--it showed me the fine line between the twisting nether of philosophy and the systematic patterns of science and walked me through both. Without the experiences I've had during unfathomable trips to the depths of my mind and back... I would never understand the world as well as I do today. LSD altered my perception of how well we actually understand modernity. The discussions I had on LSD significantly affected my understanding of where society is, particular relative to where it's come from, and our understanding of that. Also, shortly after using LSD, the manner i go about using substances has changed. Essentially, I no longer seek a high, and am instead looking more to explore the mind expansion side of substance use. Emotionally, it was a real help through tough times. I've not used it in a number of years, but only because I can no longer safely and reliably procure it. I know it can be a double-edged sword for some, but I've nothing but glowing reports regarding my past LSD use. After several trips, and wanting to make some changes in the world, I realized that I needed to finish school so that someday I could make these changes. Then finished undergrad, med school, and became a doctor, and feel good about the changes I am helping make come about. As i said before the demand for drugs will always be there and those people who would seek it out illegally are no different from now. 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