EDITORIAL: Hallucinogen therapy’s bad trip

Whatever reservations Jacob Ramirez might have had about his “therapy” session last year using the hallucinogen psilocybin —“magic mushrooms” — he couldn’t possibly have anticipated severe head and chest injuries, months in the hospital and $2 million in medical bills.

Of course, he also didn’t expect to fall from a fourth-floor window onto the pavement below while tripping on the substance at a hotel in Colorado Springs. He’s lucky to be alive, in fact.

As noted in news reports last week, Ramirez filed a negligence suit Wednesday in 4th Judicial District Court against the counselors involved in the incident. He contends he was served psilocybin tea during the session — and then was left by himself in the hotel room…

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