I would absolutely never, under any circumstances, endorse dosing someone without their knowledge or consent in such a manner.

It doesn't matter if it's a date rape drug like GHB, or a psychedelic like psilocybin.

Psychedelics are powerful, set and setting matters, using them without proper mental preparation in an improper set and setting is much more likely likely to cause significantly more distress.

It's basically like opening up your mind for mental surgery if you want to think about like that. A strong psychedelic experience is a delicate mental operation. You don't want to throw unnecessary turmoil and chaos into that, and you absolutely want to mentally prepare yourself before going into it.

That is a basic violation of consent and bodily autonomy, and should be condemned in every instance. Getting dragged along for a ride that you did not sign up for is never a fun experience, psychedelic or otherwise.

Even as someone who has experienced it before, and could likely identify right away that I had been dosed and know fully well what I was in for, I would still be raging mad if someone had the audacity to do something like that to me, and I would definitely end a friendship over that kind of thing.

Honestly this is the type of thing I think should be an arrestable offense even if psychedelics were fully legal for recreational use. You just don't do that. That's not cool.

What if you don't know the person that well and you don't know if they have schizophrenia or epilepsy - the two main conditions that cause the most problems when combined with anything psychedelic? You could be responsible for them having a seizure. A normal person would be fine, at least physically, but if someone has epilepsy you could kill them!

I would absolutely never, under any circumstances, endorse dosing someone without their knowledge or consent in such a manner.

It doesn't matter if it's a date rape drug like GHB, or a psychedelic like psilocybin.

Psychedelics are powerful, set and setting matters, using them without proper mental preparation in an improper set and setting is much more likely likely to cause significantly more distress.

It's basically like opening up your mind for mental surgery if you want to think about like that. A strong psychedelic experience is a delicate mental operation. You don't want to throw unnecessary turmoil and chaos into that, and you absolutely want to mentally prepare yourself before going into it.

That is a basic violation of consent and bodily autonomy, and should be condemned in every instance. Getting dragged along for a ride that you did not sign up for is never a fun experience, psychedelic or otherwise.

Even as someone who has experienced it before, and could likely identify right away that I had been dosed and know fully well what I was in for, I would still be raging mad if someone had the audacity to do something like that to me, and I would definitely end a friendship over that kind of thing.

Honestly this is the type of thing I think should be an arrestable offense even if psychedelics were fully legal for recreational use. You just don't do that. That's not cool.