Reply #93: I'm leery of LSD (sorry for the pun)

[deutsey]

ever since I read Acid Dreams (a great history of the CIA's involvment wiith the drug...the book suggests intelligence types were involved with spreading it way after they allegedly stopped experimenting with it as a mind control drug in the '50s).

I also had friends in high school who (imo) fried their minds on the stuff. Not that there's any horror stories here of jumping out of buildings or staring at the sun until they were blind. After excessive use, they just became the kind of people I didn't really want to become and I saw LSD playing a big role in that (although I did know of someone in college who freaked out on LSD).

However, I would suggest salvia or shrooms or something natural, but only with the caveat that anyone who takes them doesn't do it recreationally. Use them as a sacrament, however you may define that and have a trusted and experienced person guide you and be present while under their influence (high does of salvia are particularly powerful). Aldous Huxley also recommended that people who use these kinds of drugs be of sound mind to begin with (see comment above about freaking out).