I know people who have had a bad trip, but not a single person who has only had bad trips. I would say confidently that 95% or higher, probably closer to 99%, of the experiences I and the people I know have had are positive. I don't think there's a smokescreen effect at all. There's a reason people love these drugs. I think suggesting that 33% of people have horrible experiences on these things is no where close to reality. These are powerful drugs that need to be respected, but if you take them in a good mindset in a safe place the vast vast vast majority of the time it's going to be an amazingly positive experience.
I have tried a few times and only had bad trips. Not only that, but I used weed regularly beforehand, and alcohol occasionally, and after my last mushroom trip, both reliably give me anxiety or panic attacks every single time I use them. The first time I used weed after the mushrooms, I had a panic attack so bad I ended up calling 911 because I was convinced I was going to die. It's been two years now, and the last time I tried weed was three months ago (a CBD heavy strain; I had 10mg CBD and 2mg THC), and the last time I tried alcohol was a month ago, and both times gave me an anxiety attack.
Maybe I'll go back to normal eventually, or maybe I had a latent anxiety disorder that was triggered by the mushrooms and I'll just never be able to enjoy weed again. I don't know. My friends didn't have experiences as bad as mine, but they did have a bad time. Most of my friends love psychadelics, and I'd never take them away from them, but before we all tried them, they were talking the same way, and it's what made me excited to try them. I wasn't expecting it to do to me what it did.
