And I've known too many truly beautiful young minds spectacularly fucked up by Acid, Dope and 'shrooms. Kids with real revolutionary potential utterly wasted.

So - more governmental misinformation if you ask me. We lack the cultural / spiritual / mythological infrastructure to normalise hallucinogenic experience. Other cultures respect that - they leave the strong stuff to the experts (Shamans) who are off their heads anyway, but they get the job done.

I once walked down a country lane tripping out my box on Psilocybin on a perfect sunny autumn day, then a donkey started braying at me - instant paranoia! I thought the fecker was laughing at me. I ran back to farm and freaked out for about a month. Every time I heard a donkey braying after that I'd have flashbacks, That was 1983 and even now just the thoughts make me giddy...