Yeah there certainly are people who have used psychedelics and gone on to create/do great things but there are a hell of a lot more people who have contributed to society that haven’t. Which proves the fact that use and non-use of acid is completely arbitrary when it comes to people’s abilities to become social forces and culture creators. There is no causal relationship, some people are just bound to do great things. Even if the person that cures cancer comes out and says “Gee, thanks human population for all the kudos, but you really owe all that thanks to me popping a few tabs and playing in the woods with my friends!” you’ll still be wrong.

And your Albert Hofmann quote is a real gem, “…LSD. It is just a tool to turn us into what we are supposed to be.” What the fuck does that mean? Define that shit for me, just what are we supposed to be? What are the supreme characteristics that one develops after they trip? When you toss out bullshit quotes like that you just sound like a fucking regurgitating hippy. Even if you do manage to scrounge up some semblance of a definition it will never capture everyone that has tripped. For example I would guess that you would say something like “you become more socially aware and accepting of others and less involved with worldly possessions” well I’ve tripped plenty of times and I am obviously still a hateful cunt. Plus I am super materialistic, more money more problems; I fucking double dare that saying right now!

Psychedelics are drugs like any other, use them to have fun in moderation! Don’t give them magical transforming qualities just because after you used them you decided to grow dreads.

In November 2003, Pickard was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole, and Apperson was sentenced to 30 years imprisonment without parole, after being convicted in Federal Court of running a large scale LSD manufacturing operation out of several clandestine laboratories, including a former missile silo near Wamego, Kansas.

Modern distribution:

LSD manufacturers and traffickers can be categorized into two groups: A few large-scale producers, such as the aforementioned Pickard and Apperson, and an equally limited number of small, clandestine chemists, consisting of independent producers who, operating on a comparatively limited scale, can be found throughout the country. As a group, independent producers are of less concern to the Drug Enforcement Administration than the larger groups, as their product reaches only local markets. Since LSD is difficult to synthesize, occasionally what is sold as “LSD” on the streets is actually drugs such as DOI or other similar dosing chemicals.