Have you ever done acid?

[JohnnyCougar]

[ThorsHammer]

1. No, and I don't plan to

[pbartch]

101. me either. I was wild in a "nice" way and I still went overboard

in college. Got a little more conservative as the years went on.

But I'm still a LIBERAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Burma Jones]

2. The first time, I Felt just like Broken Glass

But in a GOOD way.............

[JohnnyCougar]

8. The first time...

I couldn't tell if I was in the past, present or the future.

I was at a party, but I was trying to figure out if I hadn't really gone yet and was napping in my bed at home before I went to the party dreaming about what was to come, if I was actually really there at the party, or whether I had already left the party and was reliving the experience.

That, and if I concentrated real hard, time would slow down and the music would go in slow motion.

[SmokingJacket]

71. See... I think that's an interesting, worthwhile experience.

I'm too nervous to try them myself, but I'm jealous.

[Kire]

15. I was alone in my dorm room the first time.

I called my friends back home for suggestions on what to do, and one of them said "look in the mirror". I think I did that all night.

I never noticed that the hole in your eye (your iris, I guess) is really a fucking hole that goes into your head. Also, either I have unusually pretty eyes, or everybody's pupil is filled with wonderful patterns that can compete with any of nature's wonders, especially Hoebbel space photographs.

[JohnnyCougar]

19. Hahah...nice!

[Kire]

25. be careful

one day, I smoked some pot that was laced with PCP and I tried the mirror thing, and I really hurt my eye. I thought it had popped. I don't know if this is why, but I'm not 20/15 vision anymore.

[LiberallyInclined]

120. we're also like big doughnuts...

if you consider the digestive system as "the hole".

think about that next time.

[LiberallyInclined]

118. the BEST thing to tell a first-timer:

tell them that this is how you've been since the first time you did it, you never really come down- nobody who does it ever comes down, and they won't either...
you can really twist someone around...it's funny to see the look on their faces as they contemplate that for a few minutes.

[JohnnyCougar]

3. In my book, the best drug ever!

[RandomKoolzip]

6. I've always preffered mushrooms to acid.

Mushrooms are just so benign, and the trip lasts just a few hours, compared to the sensurround emotional rocketship all-day ride that is LSD.

[Withywindle]

53. So true!

I did a lot of acid in college but rarely did we get truly good stuff - just a lot of really speedy crap blotter that was really fun for a few hours but then left you lying in your bed twitching and getting really annoyed with the fucking dancing carpet patterns on the backs of your eyelids and wishing you could just turn it off and get some sleep.

I finally quit, not because I had a bad experience or was going "crazy" or anything--it was just too much of a time commitment for something that was getting kind of boring to me, like I'd gotten everything fresh out of it I was going to at that point.

Mushrooms are just sweeter all around. They were harder to come by, though.

Haven't done any of it in 8 or 9 years, but I would love to again in the right surroundings with the right people.

[jswordy]

67. Here ya go!

http://leda.lycaeum.org/?ID=53

[mrbassman03]

54. As do I...

And acid is WAY too hard to find here in NW WA, compared to the ubiquitous mushroom... ahhhhhh, free psychedelics!

[jswordy]

66. Psylocybin mushrooms grow on...

...cow turds in the pastures here in Tennessee. Keeping the hippies out of your cow herd can be difficult in the middle of summer. DANGIT! THOSE MUSHROOMS ARE MINE!

Funniest part is, as long as they are connected to the ground, they are legal. Pluck them and hold them in your hand, watching as they turn a beautiful shade of dark blue-purple, and you can get busted. Sigh.

[RandomKoolzip]

4. Yup...me and ChavezSpeakstheTruth used to trip together in HS.

I've probably tripped upwards of 60 times.

[RagingInMiami]

5. A few times back in the day

I remember getting chased by cops from a Coral Gables golf course at 3 a.m. and thinking this is what it must have felt like in vietnam.

[Quixote1818]

7. Only once and I had a bad trip. It was new years and I had just seen

the movie Dead Man Walking. I remember looking in the mirror and man did I look funny then the rest of the night I kept seeing the murder scene in Dead Man Walking which was quite disturbing. Didn't get a wink of sleep then had to work at 6:00 AM.

Tried Cocaine once and it was such a great experience I realized I probably better not try it again.

[maveric]

9. Let me take you down, 'cos I'm going to....

Strawberry Fields

(John Lennon/Paul McCartney)

Let me take you down, 'cos I'm going to Strawberry Fields
Nothing is real, and nothing to get hungabout
Strawberry Fields forever

Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see
It's getting hard to be someone but it all works out, it doesn't matter much to me
Let me take you down, 'cos I'm going to Strawberry Fields
Nothing is real, and nothing to get hungabout
Strawberry Fields forever

No one I think is in my tree, I mean it must be high or low
That is you can't you know tune in but it's all right, that is I think it's not too bad

Let me take you down, 'cos I'm going to Strawberry Fields
Nothing is real, and nothing to get hungabout
Strawberry Fields forever

Always, no sometimes, think it's me, but you know I know when it's a dream
I think I know I mean a "Yes" but it's all wrong, that is I think I disagree

Let me take you down, 'cos I'm going to Strawberry Fields
Nothing is real, and nothing to get hungabout
Strawberry Fields forever
Strawberry Fields forever
Strawberry Fields forever

[Kire]

10. the results of this poll will be kept somewhere for eternity

I'm too paranoid to say yes.

somebody's going to "get me", now (someday)

[Quixote1818]

11. Did I mention that I am with the DEA?

[Kire]

18. that's all right, I've got seven years clean and sober

not that I could never relapse, but as long as I keep going to meetings and keep taking what the psychiatrist prescribes for my schizo-affective disorder, I think I can deal with a little paranoia

[Kire]

49. i actually thought quixote's post was a reply to mine

which is directly above it as of right now, because I saw it when all the posts were open, so I may have taken a too personal tone to my reply to it. I've been tricked by coincidence into revealing too much again!!!

[mdmc]

81. I'm with DFA

And I got a script for those tabs from the doctor!

[givemebackmycountry]

12. Yes I have...

Blotter.
Orange Sunshine.
Window Pane.

I never had a bad experience unless you call someone disappearing right in front of me a bad experience.

I saw THE WHO in Boulder's Folsom Field on acid and still can't forget it.

[China_cat]

69. Disney's Fantasia

on acid is wicked.

[loudestchick]

73. The Little Mermaid is also terrific when "chemically enhanced"

[norml]

13. Yes, and it's been too long since I've done it.

I would enjoy doing LSD again sometime soon.

[bobthedrummer]

14. Hundreds of times, for the most part very good experiences with lots

of friends.

[Liberal In Texas]

16. Oh, this is just great. Good Freeper fodder...2/3's of us have done acid

This should be taken down, IMHO.

[JohnnyCougar]

20. We can't live our lives being ashamed of who we are!

Who gives a damn what freepers think?

[Liberal In Texas]

21. I'm just saying...It might end up being used against us in the NYT ...

...or something.

[JohnnyCougar]

24. If the NYT wants to find something to use against us, they will.

There have been far more "embarassing" things on here than a poll of who has done acid at one point of their life.

I'm actually proud that I have done acid. It was a good experience for me when I did it. Obviously, there are some people I don't tell. I never did it alot, and it never became a problem for me.

[Liberal In Texas]

28. I guess I'll probably be outvoted. But...

...it's not that being ashamed or outed has anything to do with it.

I think all I'm saying is, if we give them "dirty laundry" they'll use it against us.

There are many things I've done I don't want made public. This is a pretty public forum.

(Am I making sense?)

[Melynn]

45. Chances are that Freepers & NYT people have done drugs

Although they will never admit to it. Just like W.Bush won't admit to being a coke head.

[hunter]

78. Their modern drug of choice is meth...

They were much nicer when they were drinking moonshine.

[RandomKoolzip]

22. Right. And 14/16' s of us are clean and sober RIGHT NOW.

I haven't done ANY drugs or drank any alcohol for over 5 years now. What's past is past.

[Liberal In Texas]

23. I'm not condemning. Do not get me wrong.

So much here at DU is taken out of context by others.

And this just seems frivolous fodder for the unwashed.

[Kire]

26. "frivolous fodder for the unwashed"

they should rename the Lounge to this

[Liberal In Texas]

29. Acutually, I was thinking of a new group.

But if you want it renamed. I'll back you up.

[Kire]

30. if you think of a mission statement, I'll promote the heck out of it

I recently got the Comic Book Group up, with the help of a few DUers who responded to my thread.

[Liberal In Texas]

34. Errr..that was a joke?

[Kire]

38. great mission statement

how long until we post in Ask the Administrators, do you think?

[Liberal In Texas]

39. Oh, OK....Tomorrow.

I'll hold your hand.

[AntiCoup2K4]

46. So what? 2/3 of them have had sexual relations with sheep!

I know which camp I'd rather be in :hippie:

[Liberal In Texas]

55. I give up.

Nothing to look at...


Nothing here...

[nightperson]

57. A quote from one of JFK JR.'s closest friends:

"Engaged in the politics necessary to wire the world, I encounter many people in positions of influence and visibility -- politicians, corporate leaders, scientists, engineers, writers, academics – who are motivated by the same mystical drive that propels me. They are acidheads, but nearly all of them are afraid to admit it. Its as though the future were being created by a secret cult. And even though it's my secret cult, I'm not crazy about secrecy or cults, and I'm certainly not keen on having them design the rest of society.

I think it's time to be brave and honest. I know that if everybody who'd ever taken a major psychedelic stood up and said, "Yeah, I did that and this is how it changed my life," the world would be a better place the next day."-John Perry Barlow



:smoke:

[silvermachine]

58. Don't worry...

...I'll talk you down.

[Downtown Hound]

108. After their hero Limbaugh was caught

doing enough Oxycontin to fill an aircraft carrier, they have absolutely nothing to judge.

[LiberallyInclined]

116. and how many of THEM drank alcohol in high school...?

just as illegal, and MUCH more destructive, addicting and dangerous.

but for some reason, much more tolerated and socially acceptable.

go figure.

[JohnnyCougar]

17. Boy, there are certainly lots of "heads" in the lounge!

I'm thinking of posting a "relive your greatest acid experience" thread. Any takers?

[RandomKoolzip]

27. Me and Chavez did that a few months ago.....

And we got three responses...one of which was someone who said, "I've never done drugs, but one time I went to a Dave Matthews Band show and danced until I felt hypnotized."

Hopeless, hopeless!


If you're suggesting we post our best acid stories, I'll tell you some of mine.

[JohnnyCougar]

40. Ok, here's mine:

I was at an outdoor rave some years ago and someone dosed me with what I thought was acid, but it turned out to be an acid cocktail with other drugs mixed in. There had to be some DMT or something else in there, because it kicked in in about 10 minutes. LSD takes almost an hour to be processed by your liver into it's working form. So anyways...

I was kind of scared, because I had not mentally readied myself in the 10 minutes I had. The last thing I remember was telling my friend "I think I'm gonna have a bad trip!" And he responded, "If you think it's bad now, you've got 8 hours to go!" Bastard. He was kidding, but it didn't help at the time.

Slowly, slivers of consciousness came slithering back into my awareness, but the process took hours. I was covered in sand, and mud, I tore my shirt and pants, and had a small gash on my belly. I lost my pager, and my Dad's cell phone was all wet. I found myself wandering around looking for all my friends for a couple more hours, and finally found them. I sat down with them to smoke a bowl. It was a grey and damp morning in the woods. One of them remarked, "Boy, you had some night!" They all laughed, but I didn't get it. Then they told me the stories. I thought they were lying at first, because it didn't appear to me that I had lost any time. The night seemed to have gone smoothly for me.

Apparently, though, there was a humongous thunderstorm, and it was literally POURING rain for hours. Lightning was crashing down everywhere, and I was raving mad. I was mumbling nonsense like I was possessed. I was thrashing around in the lagoon. I was yelling at people random utterings. When the sun came up, everybody at the party knew who I was, and there were thousands of people there. Some girl in a cowboy had I had never meet before asked me if I was okay. She told me that she was trying to calm me down at night. My friends had to sit me down and sit on my feet to keep me from wandering around and causing trouble. But what I didn't remember didn't compare to what I did remember...

The "trip" part was so intense that I didn't even realize my own physical existence at the time. I was at the edge of time, standing at the event horizon of the entire universe. I was looking on at the end, but then I remembered Einstein's theory of relativity. Time is curved! I realized then that the end was also the beginning, and I was the only one around. Therefore, it was up to me to end/begin the universe. It was a scary thought. That is a huge responsibility for a 19 year old, to create the beginning of all time and existence. If I failed, I knew the world would never be, and it would be my fault for ruining the universe.

But I knew I had to take the plunge. If I didn't do something, no one would. So I let go of my fears, and I felt my body being sucked through the giant wormhole that was the border of time and universe. I could literally feel my body being pulled faster and faster into a spiral toward an intense center of white light. My visual field was swirling all around me. My body was being whacked around violently. And suddenly, all was calm.

I was lying in a ditch feeling totally spent and wasted. But I could feel my friends and family calling. Johnny! Johnny! I had made it. I had fused the giant loop of time, and all was well, and my family and friends were okay. Everyone was so happy, and I felt like I was the hero of the world. I had saved the universe from extinction. Then I finally came to in the back of my friend's jeep. All was well.

[EstimatedProphet]

31. Nope

Acid is something I am not comfortable with, thank you.

[RandomKoolzip]

32. And you call yourself a Deadhead. Pah!

j/k

[EstimatedProphet]

35. Yes I do

[mdmc]

84. know lots of similar heads...

my college roomie used to say, "no way man, that would be a one way ticket for me."

some know that acid ain't thier gig, dig?

[Kire]

41. how do you know you're not comfortable if you've never done it

this thread did not specify you had to be comfortable with it, It only asked if you had done it.

For the record, I am not comfortable with it, either. I'm comfortable talking about it, just not doing it. I had a BAD trip.

Edit: I'm sorry. I'm very...(is snarky the word?) tonight. It's a very serious thing. Please don't get the idea that I am encouraging you to try it just to find out if you are comfortable with it. God damn the pusher man!

[EstimatedProphet]

44. Well, I've had my share of sources for it, and I don't want it

I think I'm safe.
What I mean by not being comfortable is that, the psychedelics often will bring up feelings and experiences that people have in their subconscious (or so I've heard). I'd like to keep it in my subconscious. I've got abuse in my past that I'd rather not revisit.
If I'm wrong about LSD effects, then it's a different matter.

[Kire]

48. i've got abuse in my past, too

and I never revisited it more than when I was tripping that last time

never again

[RawMaterials]

121. I had some messed up emotional

abuse in my past and LSD helped me relive it and deal with it at the same time. It helped me to become comfortable with what i could and could not control in my life & the world around me. over all i like to think that if everyone would do it once the world would be a better place.

plus have you herd about how it can help drug addicts and alcoholics realize what they are doing to them selves and stop there abusive behavior its really some interesting stuff.

At the same time i have had some really bad time on it and would not recommend it to someone who wasn't prepare to deal with it. I know some people that could eat it like candy and go about there day, and others that had to go off by them selfs to just chill and deal with the experience, i would say i had both types of experiences. the problem is you never know what experience your going to get.

[New Earth]

33. Si

about 4 times, and I'd do it again. Haven't done it in years though.

I want to do it at least one or two more times before I die.

[d_b]

36. The first time I fried

It took my friends and I eight/ten hours to walk two miles.

We got a little sidetracked.

[Dukkha]

37. Yes, among others in the 90's

Do I care what the Freepers think?

Can you think of a certain alcoholic & cokehead too?
Someone who did drugs when his father occupied the White House?

[EC]

42. Yes,

untill the time I figured out I liked it as a detox, because it pushes all the toxins in your body out through your pores. But yeah, I had some good times watching walls turn into draperys and listening to the same album over and over...

On edit: and thinking Neil Youngs album Journey's through the past was the greatest album ever:hippie:

[Skittles]

43. pleading the fifth my sweet

yes INDEED!

[Droopy]

47. Twice and the second time I went insane

It now takes three psychiatric drugs that cost $350 a month to keep me sane. To be fair, I was probably already going insane before that second trip and a it just ushered in the inevitable.

[Kire]

50. anyone see "SLC Punk"?

with the kid in the beginning saying "I'm a glass of orange juice. I must not spill" (or something similar)?

I kinda know how that feels.

[tyedyeto]

51. Many, many years ago and haven't touched it since. n/t

[JohnnyCougar]

52. It's now been a year since my last glorious trip.

On a tropical Indian beach I was alone (my friend I went with was sick in the hotel.) Goa Trance was blaring from the palm trees, and I had met this South African girl named Melanie. We talked for a while and smoked a hash joint. There were a couple of people from England there that were super cool. Melanie and I watched the sunrise in the sand while my trip peaked. All I kept thinking was "I can't believe I'm halfway around the world in paradise now." Some local Indian came walking down the beach with a ceremonially dressed cow in multiple colors. And no, that wasn't the acid I was seeing. It was a mild trip, and it probably will be my last. It was a good one to end on.

I was so embarrassed to be from the United States at the time that I said I was from Canada. Nothing like mingling with the international community when your country is committing genocide overseas. Those people probably wouldn't have cared, but you don't want to endure a night full of acid with people who would have.

[DemBones DemBones]

56. No, I knew too many people who were completely fucked up

because of acid back in the Sixties. Some died suicides trying to stop the flashbacks. Some became total burn-outs. I figured it wasn't worth it.

[silvermachine]

59. Yes....

...I'm guessing somewhere around 200 times or so. Don't do it often any more, prefer mushrooms or "X".

[sniffa]

60. i'm candy-fLipping right now

weeeee

[Xithras]

61. My daughter was probably conceived while my wife and I were tripping.

The math is right, and my wife and I were really worried during her pregnancy that the drugs might have done some kind of damage (she tripped a few more times AFTER she conceived, before we knew she was pregnant).

Turned out that we worried for nothing. The girl is brilliant, top of her class, all GATE ed, consistently tests in the top 2% nationwide, straight A's, the whole deal. I don't know if it was the drugs, but we certainly did something right :)

[KurtNYC]

62. Worked at a huge ski resort in California

About twice a week someone would come up with a sheet. While it was raging snow outside, we would crank up the heat, put on bathing suits and have beach/hall parties in the hallways and rooms of the employee dorms. Alternately we would do wake and bake and ski. Crazy fun.

[LynneSin]

63. Yes, I did for about a year......

....in Organic Chemistry class we used alot of acid including HCL, Sulfuric and Nitrate. Dabble in some of those in my first job after college

[Beaverhausen]

64. Yes but I prefer magic mushrooms

I like the more "natural" psychedelics myself.

Ok..havn't done any of this is many years. Don't know if I ever will again.

But is was fun!!! :crazy:

[sundog]

65. of course

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

68. No doubt!

:thumbsup:

[SmokingJacket]

70. I've never done any drugs.

But I wish I had.

Take that as a lesson, youngens!

Where do you find the stuff when you're a 36 year old mother of two? See... it's too late for me!

[Jessica]

72. Once - in high school.

But, I enjoyed myself so much that I vowed to never do it again. But for that one night ... :crazy: ... awesome.

[NNadir]

91. Self deleted.

[mr_hat]

74. Oh yeah. Not for (redacted) years, though. Classic trip story:

Experienced tripper decides that on this particular day, he wants to be out driving his car when he peaks. Also caring to ensure his safety and that of those about him, he carefully plans his route; noting which roads to take, when he'll be on them, and what their speed limits are.

A coupe hours later, he's out cruising, and man! Is it far out! As the world becomes one with color through his windshield, though, an unmistakebly red color pierces the rear: It's a cop.

Don't sweat, be cool he tells himself. I planned for this. I'm on the freeway.

Cop approaches the car.

"Afternoon, officer. Was I doing something wrong?"

"How fast do you think you were going, son?"

"OK, well I was in a bit of a hurry, Officer. You're right. I figured a bit over 65 wasn't that bad. Can you give me a break on this one?"

"Three miles per hour, son. Out of the car..."

(edit grammar)

[Tafiti]

75. Nope. Honestly, I'm afraid of it.

Don't know if I'd ever work up the guts to do it, especially since I made it through college without having done it.

I saw it do some terrible things to someone I knew - I saw him at a party once and he cowered in the corner, clutching his knees with his head in his arms for like 4 hours straight. Other times, when he was coherent, he made little sense. You couldn't even hold a normal conversation with him. That was enough to keep me away from it.

Plus, I've heard other horror stories of bad trips from other people. At this point, I'd probably psyche myself out so much that a bad trip would be a self-fulfilling prophecy.

[JohnnyCougar]

76. You're right...acid self fulfills your prophecies.

If you think you're going to have a bad trip, you most likely will.

Acid is for the strong-minded only. I've never really had a bad trip. I had one trip in which I was being a pain in the ass to my friends, but the overall experience was allright.

[Tafiti]

94. Are you calling me weak-minded?

Asshole. :P

[JohnnyCougar]

98. Hehe....no, that would be YOU calling YOU weak minded

and projecting the judgement as coming from me. :P

I never said you specifically shouldn't do it. If you feel up to it, do it!! :evilgrin:

[hunter]

77. Um. Don't do it. Because I said so.

Trust me. Drink a few Guinness Stouts and get naked instead.

Gin is pretty awful too.

[miss_kitty]

79. You mean LSD?

or some kind of facial peel?

[Amaya]

80. Nope, never

[kevinam]

82. No...

Just never had any great desire. Maybe I missed some fun, maybe I didn't. Actually, pot/hash was the most I dipped into. In reality, I was just proabably too busy with 12 oz curls :)

Kevin.

[catzies]

83. I'm the only one of the family who hasn't. Product of the '60s, you know.

Mom did and I know for sure, I suspect Dad may have as well. I know my brother has, and he tripped with his now-wife when they were dating in college.

So why not me? Because one afternoon when my mom picked me up from 2nd grade in 1970, she said "Don't ever try acid, Cath. I did it last night and it was the worst thing ever."

I said, "Okay, Mom."

I was EIGHT YEARS OLD.

And as it turns out, I never did. :D

[yardwork]

85. Yes and I hated it. Gave me a headache and was very unpleasant.

[bigwillq]

86. That's probably the only drug I haven't done

I thing it would be too trippy, intense for me.

[fluffernutter]

87. nope, not that i haven't been offered enuf times,

just never went for it. i did do mushrooms a couple times though. how close is that to the same kind of high?

[sendero]

88. Yes I have...

... a very long time ago and never at the "the world is melting" doses.

Bottom line: I can't recommend it. I had some fun, but then it went bad. When it goes bad, there is nothing worse.

I know people who've done it a lot without problems, good for them. My "bad trip" was probably pretty common. I'm attending a concert of my then (don't ask) favorite band. A woman I'd been interested in for a long time was accompanying me on a first date. I was just peaking as the backup band left the stage and the main attraction began their stage setup and pre-concert music. I thought to myself "this is all too perfect, I'm going to overload". That idea echoed in my head, I could literally FEEL the adrenaline rush into my torso in waves. A feeling of panic overtook me and luckily the lady I was with handled it well when I told her we had to get out of there.

Later at my apartment things got a lot better :) but that was the beginning of the end for me and acid....

If you are 100% together mentally, acid is probably not going to hurt you. If there is a single chink in your mental armor, acid will reveal it to you and it will not be fun.

[JohnnyCougar]

89. You said it.

If you are 100% together mentally, acid is probably not going to hurt you. If there is a single chink in your mental armor, acid will reveal it to you and it will not be fun.

You couldn't have said it better. The acid experience forces you to get over your problems...otherwise your problems will get over you. I have had many self-improving, life changing experiences on acid. I guess I am lucky, though, and have been able to work through things while on the drug. If I had a less individualistic personality, though, things may have gotten bad.

It's not for everyone.

[SarahB]

90. nope

I don't intend to either. Not my thing.

[Left Is Write]

92. No.

[NNadir]

93. Very interesting stuff, lysergamide (technically not an acid at all.)

The fragility of perception is really exposed by this stuff, and, though I hate to say such a thing about a drug, one can actually learn and appreciate a great deal through the experience of it, at least under the right circumstances.

Although I am an atheist, I certainly appreciate now something about the source of mysticism; although I regard myself as sane, I can understand (both in a technical and experential sense) something about the roots of schizophrenia and other alternate states; although I am not especially artistic, I have certainly understood the complexity and depth and the subtle and often unseen relationships within various arts (especially music and painting) in a very different way as the result of lyseramide.

It certainly also presented certain emotional realities in a new light, clarifying some of them in such a way that stripped away the normal defenses that one uses to lie to oneself. On the brighter side, it can enhance the experience of being in love, and certainly the finest moments I experienced with that stuff were with my wife, in exploring her, and having her explore me. We had wonderful experiences together in those days, and quite a bit of fun.

All this said, I actually oppose the use of drugs, not in the sense that I think that they should be illegal so much as in the sense I believe they are best avoided. It is certainly true that LSD can be bad for some people, and I know by observation that for many people I knew, the experience for many was anything but pleasant.

Nevertheless, I confess that though I do not miss many drugs and am much, much happier without using them, of all of them, the only one for which I have any nostalgia would be LSD.

[LiberallyInclined]

119. the stuff i did was Lysergic Acid Diethylamide...

No. 25 to be specific.

[NNadir]

125. LAD? Or Lysergisaure diethylamid?

The "25" is btw, chemically meaningless. I believe it was Hoffman's designation within the Sandoz system for the twenty fifth amide he made in his search for a labor inducing drug. Maybe it was is notebook page number.

But if you're into chemistry, a fun synthesis of lysergic acid can be found in J. Org. Chem. 2004, 69, 5993-6000. Don't try this at home, though. It could get you in trouble.

[kwassa]

95. Country Joe's Acid Commerical: do you remember this?

Acid Commercial

Now if you're tired or a bit run down,
Can't seem to getcha feet off the ground,
Maybe you oughta try a little bit of L.S.D.

Only if you want to

Shake your head and rattle your brain,
Make you act just a bit insane,
Give you all the psychic energy you need —

Eat flowers and kiss babies
L.S.D.
For you and me!

[dolo amber]

96. Why, you holdin'?

:D

[deutsey]

97. Bill Hicks quote/Acid Dreams

"Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves. Here's Tom with the weather."

I still refuse to do acid, however, mainly because of a book called "Acid Dreams." The CIA, according to this book, may have been behind introducing it to the American population in the '60s. It wasn't because they wanted to enlighten anyone, either.

http://www.levity.com/aciddreams/
http://www.levity.com/aciddreams/samples/autopsy.html

During the intoxicating moments of the late 1960s, many radicals felt they were on the verge of a cataclysmic upheaval, an imminent break, a total revolution. In their dream world apocalypse was never far away. The delusions of grandeur they entertained were amplified by psychedelic drugs to the point that some felt themselves invested with magical powers. They wanted to change the world immediately--or at least as fast as LSD could change a person's consciousness. By magnifying the impulse toward revolutionism out of context, acid sped up the process by which the Movement became unglued. Even activists who never took an LSD trip were affected by this process.

The use of LSD among young people in the US reached a peak in the late 1960s, shortly after the CIA initiated a series of covert operations designed to disrupt, discredit, and neutralize the New Left. Was this merely a historical coincidence, or did the Agency actually take steps to promote the illicit acid trade? Not surprisingly, CIA spokesmen dismiss such a notion out of hand. "We do not target American citizens," former CIA director Richard Helms told the American Society of Newspaper Editors in 1971. "The nation must to a degree take it on faith that we who lead the CIA are honorable men, devoted to the nation's service." Helms' reassurances are hardly comforting in light of his own role as the prime instigator of Operation MK-ULTRA, which utilized unwitting Americans as guinea pigs for testing LSD and other mind-altering substances. During Helms's tenure as CIA director, the Agency conducted a massive illegal domestic campaign against the antiwar movement and other dissident elements in the US. The New Left was in a shambles when Helms retired from the Agency in 1973. Most of the official records pertaining to the CIA's drug and mind control projects were summarily destroyed on orders from Helms shortly before his departure. The files were shredded, according to Dr. Sidney Gottlieb, chief of the CIA's Technical Services Staff, because of "a burgeoning paper problem." Lost in the process were all existing copies of a classified CIA manual titled, "LSD: Some Un-Psychedelic Implications."

[loudestchick]

99. Yes, I have. n/t

[kittycat1164]

100. it doesn't mix well with epilepsy, so no, I've never tried it n/t

[WMliberal]

102. no.

:cry: can I get a hook-up?

[njdemocrat106]

103. Never

I've never done any illegal drugs in my life. I've got enough health problems as it is. Besides, I wouldn't even know where to get the stuff, and I'm probably the biggest dork on DU, also. :)

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

115. Nah...

You're not a dork. I never used drugs either.

[Feathered Fish]

104. Far too many times

but alas, not anymore.

[MrModerate]

105. Mushrooms vs Acid -- What's the best

Depends whether you want to ride a rocketship or a Barcalounger.

Sometimes I wants one, and sometimes I wants the other.

On the whole, I prefer acid (although it's been years and years), because only acid can give you a genuine Hypercubous WC Fields experience.

[MonkeyFunk]

106. Twice.

Didn't care for it the first time, so I tried again and still didn't enjoy it. Hey, at least I gave it a sporting chance.

Opium, OTOH, kicked ass. I'm glad that its not easy to get.

[Beware the Beast Man]

107. No, I was always too scared.

I was always curious about it, but the idea of tripping for 12+ hours always bothered me. Besides, I wanted my sub-conscience to stay where it is. Even good weed made me panicky.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

117. I've done enough for us both

you're doin just fine bra!

[madison2000]

109. Only in chemistry class.

[jonnyblitz]

110. many times. n/t

[bobthedrummer]

111. Kick.

Pretty trippy crew kick.
:dem::kick:

[RetroLounge]

112. Surprisingly, no, never did acid

but man, I loved those shrooms...

People on Shrooms should not drive.

RL

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

113. Nope... I've never done any illegal drugs

or used any drug for recreational purposes. I don't even drink alcohol, although I have tried it before. I never liked it, and I have never been drunk. I consider all that stuff a waste of my money.

My dad was a hippie when he was my age. I got to hear all my dad's drug stories many times growing up. That was enough to completely turn me off from drugs. Also, the majority of my friends used illegal drugs in high school. I though they acted like complete morons when they were using. One of my friends was even a dealer. He totally messed his life up because of drugs. He has been in a out of prison a few times already.

[LiberallyInclined]

114. Mescaline, mushrooms and acid...oh, my!

you can't get better than really good mescaline- the colors are fucking outrageous! My Best. Trip. Ever. happened on a gloriously sunny autmn day in michigan that turned into a very stormy night with lots of lightning and thunder...WOW!

we also used to get very good windowpane from a grad student in Kansas who made it himself- his girlfriend went to our school and was our pipeline...it was very fresh and VERY good, without all that teeth-grinding speed you find in most blotter. my favourite acid trip started on a very snowy night, walking throught the big cemetery at the south end of the campus...everything was so...crisp. just beautiful and peaceful. then that all changed when we went home- put on Robert Fripp, watched tv and did a lot of maniacal laughing.

[BiggJawn]

122. Yes, and I do not "regret it".

Oh, well, so much for MY chances of ever being President, eh?

That and all the different women I've woken up next to...

[mitchum]

123. Hundreds of times

[Taverner]

124. I'm not going to say

But if I did, let's just say I did for a minute....

I would still reccomend good green bud instead.

Always wanted to try mescaline or peyote just once tho...

[Wapsie B]

126. No, not at all.

[no name no slogan]

127. Yup. Twice. Don't regret it, but have no desire to again, either

The first time was the weekend before I graduated college. I dropped with an ex-girlfriend who I was reconciling with, and we had a pretty cool time together. It was during that trip that I learned to appreciate the Cocteau Twins on an entirely "new" level.

The second (and last) time was during Lalapalooza 1992. We dropped before we went there, and we arrived at the tail end of the first act's set (Lush-- who were still in their shoe-gazer phase). Next up were Pearl Jam, who everybody loved, but who I thought were pretty unremarkable.

The atmosphere at the whole thing was really oppressive, with a bunch of jock-college-boy wannabees drinking wine coolers and smoking weed. Lots of cops, too, so the paranoia level was really high.

I started peaking right as it got dark, and MINISTRY came on stage. What a fucking mess. At the time, a bunch of the wannabees started bonfires around the stage, buring cardboard and grass and whatever trash they could find. It got really smoky and annoying and totally bummed me out. The whole fucking thing degenerated into a giant frat party. By the time the Chili Peppers closed the show, I was angry, sick and paranoid as fuckall, as some little nark had called over the cops on us when one of my friends lit up a joint.

That was the last time I touched LSD, adn that was over 12 years ago. I doubt I'd ever do it again, if given the chance.

[eleonora]

128. lol

Sorry but this is funny. Dropping acid in a crowd is generally a pretty bad idea. I freaked the first time and it was at a rave. The second time was with a few friends at home and the experience was much much more enjoyable. Ah but that's the past for me too. I wouldn't do it again.

[no name no slogan]

130. Yeah, the sh!t you do when you're 22

Needless to say, I have a very hard time listening to Ministry these days! :dunce:

[Biased Liberal Media]

129. No but my mother in law did and now she's slow as hell

I mean, talks slow, is slow, can't hold a job because she's so slow. Well, plus she smokes the ganja on a nightly basis so I wonder if that has anything to do with it.

Did I mention I can't stand the bitch?

[orleans]

131. wow--lots of replies to this thread

kind of like a fly to flypaper (or sandpaper, or paper towels, or a towel rack, or a rack of lamb--something like that)

[American Tragedy]

132. We are definitely a trippy bunch of liberals right here!

[Downtown Hound]

133. A total of seven times

Did mushrooms another twelve. I had a great time but I got it all out of my system. I have no desire to do either of them again. The only thing I regret never trying is mescaline. I hear it's quite a trip, but it's just not that common anymore.