[RupertEisenhart]

Bad LSD being "a thing" and bad LSD being "a thing that causes bad trips" are very very different.

Among the things that people often sell as LSD, some have dangerously steep dose-response curves like 25I-NBOMe, some are pretty close analogues like AL-LAD.

None outright cause bad trips, and most or all of them are also sold with their proper labels and enjoyed by enthusiasts.

[oooyay]

Yeah, I think I agree with you. In my head I hold space for the fact that bad trips can be resultant of three larger factors:

- Overstimulation and a lack of "preparedness" for that level. That touches on my Mt Hood example.

- Unmanaged triggers ahead of a psychedelic experience. You can feel this on something as simple as THC and certain terpenes.

- Contaminants that defeat the expectation of what the substance "should be" and are potentially unsafe.