My worst project was extracting Lysergic Amides (same basic structure as LSD, without a couple of groups hanging off) from Morning Glory seeds........, which would have gotten me a visit from the law back then, as well. I went thru about 4 exctractions to see how "pure" I could get it, and then did a final extraction into ETOH (distilled straight grain alcohol). I didn't stop to think and realize this meant it got absorbed directly thru the mucous membranes in my mouth, thinking I had about 45 minutes like a "normal" hit of acid. I took almost 500 mics which is a WHOPPER of a dose, and I was tripping my eyes out almost immediately. By the time I walked out of the lab, I didn't know where I was. I wandered around campus for almost 4 hours smiling like an idiot, till my roomate happened by and saw me staring intently a the trees "weaving patterns." He took me home and kept me from anything more outrageous.
Did I just read what I thought you did? You made your own LSD, and took it?
No wonder we never agree on anything.
And I thought playing with the explosives was dangerous. :)
I had the recipe for LSD, but didn't want to make it -- now I'm glad I didn't. I also had the recipe for nitroglycerine, but after reading through it I figured you'd have to be either an idiot or suicidal to try to make it.