Actually I've been researching it for years. Since I was 14. I used to want to do it. My brother's done it, tons of people i know have done it. So just because I don't approve doesn't mean I am ignorant. In fact...bit of an ignorant statement to make considering a discussion is when both people can give their views and evidence to prove a point. Just because there's some good things written about something doesn't mean it's good and vice versa for things being bad. I've seen the harm it can do. CAN being the key word there. Pretty much anything you ingest that is not necessary to basic survival CAN have negative effects. Take food for example, it's "good" for us, we do need it to survive, but the US currently has an obesity epidemic because they're eating too much, making something necessary now bad. So I do know my facts and I'm not just some brainwashed "drugs are bad" drone. So I am not "infecting" your discussion, I just have different views than you and I'm sorry if you don't like them, but they are just as valid as yours.
Well, your points are moot if your basing them on your bad research, in turn making you ignorant, yes. I'm not basing my statements on you not approving anything. I agreed with you initially. It's not for everyone, indeed. But when false statements are made I am obligated to interject.
First, the US government had nothing to do with its development. A chemist named Dr. Albert Hoffman from a Swiss company named Sandoz accidentally stumbled upon LSD while studying the analogues from the rye fungus ergot. These are the most basic of facts on LSD. This is why I don't believe you have done your homework, therefore assume you have no idea what you're debating.
Edit: And to add to your other points, of course there
can be negative effects. I acknowledge it. No one is debating that. But when you approach a discussion with uninformed statements you do indeed seem like a 'drone' as you put it. Don't believe the hype and do your own good research. Only then will you able to form your own informed opinions. I know I'm coming off like a dick and I apologize for my harshness, but I find it hard to tolerate ignorance.