What could possibly go wrong with a society full of people living unexamined lives?
Mostly they end up kind of boring or being jerks. That is a very well known outcome.
and none of that should be criminalised
Things are certainly not going "right" now, where everything medical has to be gatekept
The rituals are already happening. We just choose to ruin people's lives over it.
Shamanic rituals have been the cornerstone of many of the great civilizations of the past. Why are substances that induce introspection and a sense of belonging to something greater than yourself banned?
Sometimes they cause psychotic breaks and Timmy eats off Becca's ear or runs buck naked into the woods and dies.
You know, that sorta stuff.
The only reason you hear about stuff like that is because it is so uncommon.