"But Rachel also has another hobby, one that makes her a bit different from the other moms in her Texas suburb—not that she talks about it with them. Once a month or so, after she and her husband put the kids to bed, Rachel texts her in-laws—who live just down the street—to make sure they’re home and available in the event of an emergency.

“And then, Rachel takes a generous dose of magic mushrooms, or sometimes MDMA, and—there’s really no other way to say this— spends the next several hours tripping balls.”

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    24 days ago

    Of course not but at work as a primary carer for other people’s kids is a very different scenario that at home with your own kids who are asleep while you have trusted sober adults on standby.

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      But I’m being told it’s absolutely fine to do. Why is it irresponsible with other people’s kids but not your own?

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        Because you can judge the risk for yourself and decide that at home with the kids asleep and someone on standby is within your risk tolerance. But it’s not ethical to make that decision for other people.

        And it’s not just about others’ kids vs your own - there are many factors that make them different situations.

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            23 days ago

            Parents assess risks on behalf of their children all the time, that’s like the main thing about being a parent.

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                You’re not familiar with the people involved, you don’t know the details of how much they’re taking and it sounds like you’re unfamiliar with the psychedelic experience. You just do not have the information to make an accurate assessment of the decisions these strangers made.

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                  23 days ago

                  You don’t know them either. You don’t know the details of how much they’re taking. etc. You’re just as guilty as I am.