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Re:Psychedelic therapy has a sexual abuse problem by DoreenMichele on Sunday March 08, 2020 @06:29AM (#22517360)
Drugs or no drugs, it's illegal for a therapist to have sex with a patient. It's viewed as abusive of their position of power.

So the position isn't extreme in the slightest. It's widely agreed upon to the point of being codified into law in a lot of places.

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Re:Psychedelic therapy has a sexual abuse problem by apatters on Sunday March 08, 2020 @06:41AM (#22517392)
I agree, but I was responding to this point made by my parent:

> There is absolutely no way I would consider consent someone gave me while they were on it valid in any sense.

Parent does not say anywhere that he/she is a therapist, this is the statement which seems extreme as it would criminalize all sex with people who are under the influence of MDMA.

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Re:Psychedelic therapy has a sexual abuse problem by DoreenMichele on Sunday March 08, 2020 @06:45AM (#22517401)
That's a personal policy. People are entirely free to set a higher bar for consent for their own sexual encounters than we require legally.
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