I had a “friend” in high school (we actually had some good times, but scare quotes remain) who had this attitude toward drugs, and, well, everything. He was a real alpha in everything from Math team to LaCrosse, but had come up with the nerds, and we were his crowd, somehow. He was sure he had everyone’s number and would break us all down occasionally in obnoxiously reductive ways. He actually would tell people that he would “love to guide them through” a hallucinogenic experience, which made my damn skin crawl. I personally love mushrooms, and somehow luckily avoided ever being around this guy when I did. Oddly, a couple of people who were curious about them came to me to keep them company for their first time, rather than the self-appointed shaman. Not oddly at all, he ended up joining the peace corps after high school, then got an MBA.
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