I’m not quite a decade younger than you, but I recall reading and hearing about the guy at UC Santa Cruz, he was famous in his little... err, subculture. The stuff people put in their bodies now, just because their friends do. No telling what kind of corrosive crap they’re cooking up in their bathtubs these days, it had gotten bad enough out there when I thankfully exited the scene close to twenty years ago. At the time, there were “candy flip” doses that looked like transparent blue plastic, reputedly with LSD, peyote and ecstasy all rolled into one. As wild as that sounds, far more aggressive stuff has come around since then, with bizarre effects upon people.
This guy was a member of the brotherhood of eternal love
Quite a crew....associated with Quicksilver Messenger Service the SF band
I was friendly with the younger brother of a member from Mississippi who’d gone to the Haight early on when I was still in grade school
Nick Sands made first class Sidney and is still around actually.....orange sunshine ....his protege Tim Scully was the one who taught the Santa Cruz chemist I knew from the old days in Austin and Santa Marta
This is going way back admittedly,,,my buddy was a lot older so if still alive he’s likely mid 70s
Sand and Scully like Owsley are public figures but my guy never was...
Soft spoken and small with long long ponytail.......very Kali beach guy but a genius
We drifted apart by early 90s
For the record I lecture my kids strongly about the risks of acid....and for anyone for that matter...why risk it
But I fear my oldest boy may not listen....he’s a risk taker....very alt right too....but I know him ....I just hope it’s a mild clean dose
Why take uneeded chance on your psyche?
Nervous folks can get in trouble quick
Lsd scared me actually but I decided to conquer it and I did
But my trip career on any of it...Sid shrooms or peyote was 73-77...windowpane at dead show at Tuscaloosa in 77 was last trip ever....it was a monumental show and fares well on Archives