Anyone ever done LSD?

[mkl]

Dropped a lot in the four times I did it. All were pretty unique circumstances. I think if you can handle it a trip is well worth taking once in your life. It will almost force you to look at your world in a different way than you ever though and come to grips. And it removes pretty much any inhibition, albeit in a weird ass "am I going to die" way that makes you want to tribal dance.

 

[acefrost]

While I barely even drink anything with caffeine in it, I do love hearing peoples stories of their drug experiences, thanks for a good read.

 

[Rikuto]

No matter how rational you are as a normal person, there really is no safe way to do drugs.

Anything that truly forces you to view the world a different way is going to render you dumbfucked and make you just as likely to march right out a window. If you're the type of personality thats going to just sit in one spot the whole time then you are probably a lot safer, but you'll never know until you do it and thats the risk.

Drugs are kind of like a temporary, false enlightenment that carry a very substantial risk attached. Everyone's experience is going to be very different. Some will give positive ideas, some will just give nightmares...

Personally I won't try anything like that again. The subconscious is a powerful thing, and if I need change I can put it in the mental queue.

 

[CarteBlanche]

The entire 1960's movement was strong evidence that people believe that something can be gained from doing hallucinogenics.

I will generalize by saying that I believe people who do drugs are people who have too little imagination to keep themselves entertained otherwise. Those drugs probably don't have much of an effect on the person, but it does affect negatively the people who are around and don't do this shit, especially if they are under age.
If a minor sees that, then clearly the adult doing it has a problem in the brain... And taking drugs doesn't make them any smarter. That alone should be a strong argument against the theory that is expands your mind or whatever.

When you're young, someone offers you to try drugs and you say yes, what does it say about you? Is it that you're open minded, or is it that you're a sheep and you let the others do the thinking for you?
(It sounds like something they'd say in an anti-drug campaign, I know.)

So, my opinion for the topic question is neither, doesn't affect who you are, but it can affect others in many ways, some more subtle than others.

 

[Destinizish]

And taking drugs doesn't make them any smarter. That alone should be a strong argument against the theory that is expands your mind or whatever.

That isn't the point that was made, despite the fact that it's what he had said to preface the rant.

Expanding your mind? No, drugs aren't going to do that. Rather, it temporarily messes with thinking and perception. This can open new avenues for creativity, because much of human creativity is inspired from experience. The same goes for pretty much everything human. We learn from experience, even if it's not an experience of our own. The more experiences you've had in life, the more ways you have to look at the world. And while the topic is largely centered around hallucinogenics, which heavily alter perception, I'd say the same goes for most drugs. Yes, they can effect your outlook on life and your perception of the world, as can most any kind of human experience.