Oh I just love how these people talk. They have positively enchanting voices. The deep manliness of the professor’s, so professional… the lilting voice of the house wife’s… why do they sound so much better than humans on tv do now?

I’ve thought about that myself. Maybe is was the different syntax and phonetics of the time mixed with the period’s analog recording technology that creates that magical effect?

I don’t drink much, I don’t smoke, never really been into marijuana or any other drugs.

I took acid for the first time on my birthday last year. Myself and 4 friends spontaneously decided to drive 10 hours to another state to see a band play and take acid. It was by far one of the single greatest days of my life.

Not only did I experience a ‘oneness’ with the universe, but I journeyed into my subconscious, seeing visions which connected disparate ideas and concepts in a way I’d never considered before. The experience also confirmed notions that I had developed previously.

As a result of that experience, I had a newfound vigour and excitement for my studies. I’m now doing a PhD in psychology and I’m looking forward to my next trip.

It disappoints me that many people won’t experience what I did, and that some people have judged me negatively as a result of doing it.

I like how you were open enough to correct yourself. Sarah Palin could learn a lot from that kind of thinking hehe

That’s a good question. It’s interesting look at the history of psychedelics. It’s really only in recent times that it’s been made illegal. Somehow we managed as a species to live with these drugs for thousands of years without any real harm.

I also find it hard to work out that because something is considered harmful, it should be illegal. I mean bleach is harmful if you drink it but it’s not illegal. So clearly it’s only if the substance makes you feel good in some way that it is made illegal. And really, how messed up is that?

I do, in fact, drink alcohol, but in moderation, and perhaps that is also a difference between the two substances: unlike alcohol, LSD apparently does not need to be taken in huge amounts in order for it to have an extreme — and, in some instances, an extremely bad — effect.

By the way, I’m only basing my comment on talks I’ve had with people who have had quite a bit of experience with LSD (and alcohol); I’m no authority, and am not claiming to be. I am also not trying pick a fight.

I want some of that shit…

I’m not sure that I have the ectoplasmic fiber left to face a talking brownie that looks like Barbra Streisand.

Well, then you should just start making Saturday morning kids cartoons like everyone else who used to do acid.

What drug is like the LBW rule?

Maps.org is a very interesting website that documents the ongoing research into Psycoactives

Here’s a little link from Wikipedia about the urban legends that have sprung up over time about LSD:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_legends_about_illegal_drugs

I have always sided with the theory that a bad trip stems from apprehension about taking the drug, rather than the (unadulterated) drug being faulty. I don’t remember ever having had a bad trip, though I often was a little prone to the cramping effects. People who aren’t ready shouldn’t be coerced into taking the drug. Plain and simple.

To address the matter of one’s personality being permanently changed, I think the same could be true of many highly emotionally charged experiences. I was scared of roller coasters as a kid, and I think riding the Orient Express for the first time the summer it debuted gave me a newly-found self-confidence that was an advantage during my early teenage years. I tried a great many things I would never have if I hadn’t had that experience.

Oh, and Anon, I’ve taken well over twenty doses of LSD in my lifetime and still managed to graduate from university with honors; and with the professors I had, it certainly wasn’t by chance.

I think if I were called on to provide an interesting experience for a first-timer, I definitely would try to gather up some eclectic stimuli. Unless there’s a steady source, they may never know when they’ll get another opportunity.

Food was always an tangibly interesting experience, though it might not be the same for everyone, especially if you cramp easily.

If I am lucky enough to anticipate my death, I will ask to taste peanut-butter-blueberry-cilantro-vagina-bacon-truffly-butterscotch on my deathbead.

Are you sure about this? All at once?

What is disturbing is the line of thought and the complete belief that it is right.

/schizo-affective, which is episodic schizophrenia