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I don't think Psilocybin mushrooms or LSD are used as a club drug.

They're a party drug for sure. LSD is great for festivals, and though I've never done shrooms, I know my friends have gone to shows on them.

In fact, I'd say LSD is used more as a party drug than it is used for anything else.

I don't know about that. All my psychonaut friends would rather lay out in a field in the sun than hit the club on a trip. Festivals are different though.

It also certainly depends on dose. I know after my first experiences my initial thought was that there was no why in hell I’d try that at a festival, but then I saw so many people/friends doing it and decided to give it a try. Was definitely mind blowing.

Where are you getting this from? The only psychedelic I've ever seen people take before clubbing is 2CB.

Festivals are different because there is lots of space. Clubs are too compact and contained for LSD, can make people claustrophobic.

Of course they are, all the time

Perhaps not club, but most definitely festival

There is an entire genre of club/nighttime music called “acid”, fwiw.

Oh they are for sure, they are a big part of club/electronic music culture (both for the producers of said music, and the listeners) - or at least have been in the past - I'm sure trends change.

I think it depends on the definition, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club_drug includes them

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