[acituan]

> Most drugs have side effects, including all the legal pharmaceuticals. E.g. normal antidepressants aren't without risk.

Risk/no-risk dichotomy is misleading in that those categories do not consist of homogeneously comparable members. Nausea from an SSRI is not the same as triggering a first psychotic episode from psychedelic drug use, or pushing your neuroticism a standard deviation higher from stimulant abuse or getting stuck in opioid addiction.

[bawolff]

SSRI's are also linked to hallucinations and suicide. Of course not all drugs are the same, some are more risky than others, but its not like legality corresponds to the risk.

I'm not saying that popular drugs are risk free. They definitely aren't. That's why its important to study them and understand what the risks are so people can make informed decisions about them (under the supervision of a doctor)