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Survivorship bias.


Such a claim would be better with evidence. What proportion of people who use LSD end up not 'surviving'? What are the actual, quantifiable harms? And which of those could be mitigated without the oppressive force of the law being in place? How do these harms compare to other substances and activities people undertake?


Right? I've met thousands of people, maybe tens of thousands who have done psychedelics. The bad cases are just the most memorable.


As opposed to your own highly scientific statistically valid findings.




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