I totally agree with previous answers.
This is a debate I've lived through with my personal experiences. I think that first reaction is perfectly natural, most people who tried spice, myself included underwent it, however it lacks wisdom and experience. With great powers come great responsibilities, and many times during my journeys I felt that spice wields an amount of power akin to, if not greater than the nuke, albeit a very different kind of power, but immense nonetheless.
First and foremost, the unfortunate truth is that not everyone is built for it, and in the right place in their life to have such an experience, and as you said, we are all different, and it has a different way of finding each and every one of us. That is valid for all psychedelics, but especially spice. The world would indeed be a much better place, but it will take time, and trying to rush things is more likely to cause setbacks than anything. Think if someone flips out in public, or has a negative experience and reports it to authorities, or it triggers some weird actions or underlying psychological issues due to them not being ready for or misinterpreting the teachings. It can also have physiological side effects that are benign to healthy individuals, but could have repercussions on people who suffer from underlying conditions such as possibly cardiovascular issues, epilepsy etc. Anything bad that happens gives it a bad reputation, and makes it more likely that people won't want to try it, or even that it gets more heavily regulated. You just have to look at the 60s-70s era when psychedelics became mainstream and as a result had a strange effect on society, and got more heavily repressed. Psychedelics are by all definition magic, but they are not a miracle cure, they require work, discipline, commitment, interpretation and integration to have a positive impact.
On the other hand, keeping it to yourself would indeed be rather selfish, and it wouldn't help reaching our goal of them being recognized and accepted, and having a positive impact on our world, so open dialogue is very important.
One of the big issue is that our society hasn't incorporated psychoactive substances and the worlds they open our eyes up to as part of its culture, we currently only have the vague and pejorative blanket term "drugs" and all the taboo around the mere subject of altering consciousness, because of all the damages caused by some synthetic drugs developed between the mid 19th and mid 20th century, and also because our way of perceiving and analyzing the world is not really compatible with some of the insight psychedelics bring us. With the exception of the few substances we have integrated into our culture such as alcohol, tobacco and sugar purely recreatively, coffee purely productively, and medication, but unfortunately for multiple reasons, contemporary medicine mostly deals with symptoms rather than their roots. Little by little cannabis is also being normalized both recreationally and therapeutically. Note that all of these substances' effects are rather mild, and in no way are they enlightening or put in question our worldview. The arrival of cannabis is a great thing for us, especially the fact that it is viewed therapeutically, because that forces science to inquire further into these substances, cannabis truly is the gateway drug. All of us who have tried psychedelics know that they do not fit the definition of drugs, but people would have to experience it for themselves to understand that.
The stigma on drugs is so great that even "drug users" themselves are subject to it, and understandably, because we don't want to open the floodgates to things like crack, meth and phentanyl, what we need is a new way of categorizing them, a way that separates the constructive from the destructive, what has an effect on the mind, and what has an effect on the body, and what kind of effect. Intent and way of using should also be accounted for. Currently due to the blanket term, I see a lot of people not wanting to try psychedelics because they see all drugs as destructive, some people even who pride themselves on the fact that they do not consume drugs to a point where their sobriety is an integral part of their personality, these people often hypocritically consume coffee, sugar, alcohol and tobacco on a daily basis, but that is besides the point. I also see party/drug people who tried MDMA, Ketamine, Cocaine, maybe some pharmaceuticals, and who want to try psychedelics purely recreationally, and to add more and stronger drugs to their roster, people who pride themselves on the fact that they do take drugs, also to a point where it becomes an integral part of their personality. I see people using psychedelics at raves and festivals and not getting any positive results from it. I also see people who misinterpret the teachings and view themselves as some sorts of new age gurus, who think the weight of the world rests on their shoulders, and that they alone can open the world's eyes to the magical wonders of psychedelia, this is yet one more trap of the ego. I think all this is due to the lack of culture around it, but there is only one correct way to approach psychedelics: for self-improvement. Whether it be spiritual or psychological, we must do it with the intention of improving our perception, ourselves, and our interactions with the world around us.
The ecological impact must also be seriously taken into consideration, if from one day to the next everyone's interest into a certain plant grows disproportionally to the supply, we could very well harvest those plants to extinction, which not only would private us and future generation from those marvels, but would also have a domino effect on the concerned ecosystems. So the supply must also grow along with the demand.
Furthermore, those experiences and your relationship with the spice are entirely personal, and focusing too much on others can have an impact on your own intent and outcomes, so even sharing about it must be done in a wise and balanced manner.
Therefore our main focus to spread it positively must be to build it into our culture, and the best way to do that is through experimenting, developing our approach and methods, and open dialogue and advocacy. Actually introducing people to it can be done wisely, but it first requires to develop a very intimate relationship with the substance, and letting it dictate how to do it. I believe it also requires to develop an intimate relationship with the person we want to introduce it to, and treat it on a case by case basis. In other words, it is not a process that can be industrialized. We are better off flying under the radar until we reach the point where it is integrated into our culture.
I too once fell eager to share it with the world, I had introduced a couple friends to it, and it went marvelously, they had enlightening experiences that triggered profound and immense positive changes in them, then I witnessed a friend of mine who wasn't ready have a bad trip on mushrooms, and even though it had profoundly positive long-term effects on him, it caused him significant existential anguish and distress for a few months to a year. Today he is grateful for this experience, but at the time he suffered from it. I also once had a friend who insisted I should introduce another friend to spice, but I didn't know this friend well enough, misjudged his readiness, and thinking only pre-flight anxiety had to be overcome, I took on a role of convincing him, which definitely isn't the way. You asked about insight on it from the other side, well after failing to convince him, I went to the other side for guidance and had a tough experience. I was struck by lightning and had the profound feeling that the gods were angry at me, that the forces at play are much greater than myself, and that I shouldn't get involved in certain things, that I should let the universe do its own job, and only be at its service on its own terms. This not only prompted me to stop trying to introduce people to it, but also to stop talking about it and even to fear doing it for some time. I have since gotten back to a more balanced and wise approach, both for my own use, as well as in my way of sharing it with others, but it took some time and effort. I now feel that the best way is to talk about it with people who you deem enough open-minded, to tell them about the positive impact it had on you, but also warn them of the risks, implications, and the sheer depth and complexity of this quest, and if they inquire about it from their own initiative and out of genuine and pure interest, and not mere curiosity, to guide them through the process of making it happen on their own. I would recommend against supplying in any way, shape or form, except for the already initiated. I also strongly recommend against buying it, as whoever sells spice hasn't understood the first thing about it, and cannot be trusted.
