LSD was widely available on college campuses during the early 1970s. Why get a supply from the government when the neighborhood dope dealers could sell it to you for just a few dollars. The electric kool aid acid test book was sold at book stores. Maybe the kid was tripping in the wrong decade.
Pure LSD was not easy to get after the late 1960s, by 1970 or so LSD was going downhill in quality.