and a story about a YouTube engineer who took LSD over the summer and freaked out and nearly killed/ran over a bunch of people https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/youtube-engin...
https://www.nhtsa.gov/risky-driving/drunk-driving
And it's still legal!!!
The most surprising thing from my (single) LSD experience was it somehow changed my perspective at the time on work and school. Almost overnight, I went from being apathetic and unmotivated to seeing work as the most moral thing one could do, and something to be proud of. I’m not sure why since I don’t remember any conversations about work at the time. It felt like a lightbulb.
LSD is not a dissociative like GHB or PCP.
Almost everyone on a full dose will be completely lucid with full mental clarity. Of course there are outliers and mega doses, but those are not the norm. I would argue a common side effect is INCREASED awareness, not loss of control.
Alcohol on the other hand...
DMT on the other hand, when someone blasts off they are gone for a good 10-15 minutes.
...Sure, such as deciding to drive home despite the fact you are barely able to walk to your car.
If the LSD was taken in a medical environment the user would absolutely not have be allowed to drive. The user would not have be given an additional dose while delusional. When trying to leave the user would most likely have been calmed by a specialist. If this failed the treatment would be conducted in a secure facility and have effective procedures for physically restraining the individual.
There’s also a huge pharmaceutical difference between 4 doses of street acid and micro dosing pharmaceutical grade LSD.
In alcohol terms, they're studying the effects/safety of a fraction of a beer whereas that guy chugged a case of beer.