You're speaking confidently from ignorance- exemplifying the Dunning-Kruger effect- and your entire argument is "Drugs are bad, m'kay!" Nobody is here telling you to go be a dope fiend or that you'll achieve nirvana by snorting powder off the ass of a stripper. That said, since time immemorial, psychedelics and hallucinogenic compounds have been used for spiritual awakening by cultures all over the planet. I have met more profoundly aware and enlightened people among those who were careful and measured experimenters with said substances, than I've seen in any other group of people who've never had the chance to step outside their own sense of reality. You seem to have a rather simplified, fear-based view of the matter, and you also seem to think overcaution into absolute avoidance of something you don't understand is a mark of intellect, but it's not. Neuroscientists and psychiatric researchers have been using this same group of substances to successfully treat post-traumatic stress disorder and severe depression, and even to cure lifetime drug abuse by giving the subject an awakening experience that allows them to separate from their need to continue using drugs. LSD, DMT, and Psilocybin (mushrooms) are not in the same class of chemicals as things like meth, crack, heroin, cocaine, and other addictive, life-destroying compounds. As with anything, there are right and wrong ways to go about the process, and different dosage ranges and environmental effects yield different outcomes. Suffice it to say, I know a lot more about this than you do, and you're free to sit there and pretend anyone who "does drugs" is just some "druggie faggot" who doesn't realize they have brain damage, but the reality is you're just speculating on something you have no experience with, and choosing to believe you're the smarter person because of it. Once again, nobody's trying to convince you to start chemically experimenting on yourself, but you really might want to do some honest research into the fact that under the proper circumstances these substances are used with great success to enhance perception of reality and elevate the consciousness of the user beyond their previous threshold. If nothing else, it's an interesting scientific reality about the intertwined nature of chemistry and the potential of the human mind.