"But Rachel also has another hobby, one that makes her a bit different from the other moms in her Texas suburb—not that she talks about it with them. Once a month or so, after she and her husband put the kids to bed, Rachel texts her in-laws—who live just down the street—to make sure they’re home and available in the event of an emergency.
“And then, Rachel takes a generous dose of magic mushrooms, or sometimes MDMA, and—there’s really no other way to say this— spends the next several hours tripping balls.”
You are making that risk decision for other people though - the sleeping kids.
Parents assess risks on behalf of their children all the time, that’s like the main thing about being a parent.
They do. And they often make bad decisions. Which this is.
You’re not familiar with the people involved, you don’t know the details of how much they’re taking and it sounds like you’re unfamiliar with the psychedelic experience. You just do not have the information to make an accurate assessment of the decisions these strangers made.
You don’t know them either. You don’t know the details of how much they’re taking. etc. You’re just as guilty as I am.