I had been on dozens if not a hundred trips, and it wasn't until my son was born that I had bad trips. I have experienced what I perceived to be hell-like experiences three times in total now. The sense of gratitude that I feel when those trips end have more than made up for the bad experiences themselves, in my cases.

I have two friends that have experienced prolong psychiatric states, I'm talking several days to weeks of just being out of it, not making sense, not being able to really function as a normal human.. I feel lucky to have not dealt with that.

The good trips can be so amazing and even life changing that many want to discount the horror stories, but sadly many are true.

I think people should be able to make the decision for themselves legally as with any substance.