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I was living in a fairly boring suburb, and was a complete nerd and had access to as much LSD as I wanted at less than $5 a hit when I was in high school in the mid 90s, and it continued to be easy to find well into the early 2000s.
I had the pleasure of recently meeting Leonard and spending a couple weeks together. What a unique and interesting person. I think he’s the smartest person I’ve ever met. His stories are captivating. Could spend a very long time chatting with him.
I'd read he met Ross Ulbricht in USP Tucson when they were both serving life without the possibility of parole. I hope they can reconnect now that they're both free.
I think people might under appreciate how easy LSD was to get in the US in the 90s and early 2000s. I was living in a fairly boring suburb, and was a complete nerd and had access to as much LSD as I wanted at less than $5 a hit when I was in high school in the mid 90s, and it continued to be easy to find well into the early 2000s.
Edit to add: i'm just talking about the rash of strychnine poisonings related to LSD usage in the early 2000s. it put a real damper on the party for a long time and for a lot of people.
I think people might under appreciate how easy LSD was to get in the US in the 90s and early 2000s. I was living in a fairly boring suburb, and was a complete nerd and had access to as much LSD as I wanted at less than $5 a hit when I was in high school in the mid 90s, and it continued to be easy to find well into the early 2000s.
I had the pleasure of recently meeting Leonard and spending a couple weeks together. What a unique and interesting person. I think he’s the smartest person I’ve ever met. His stories are captivating. Could spend a very long time chatting with him.
Has he been doing well? I'd read he met Ross Ulbricht in USP Tucson when they were both serving life without the possibility of parole. I hope they can reconnect now that they're both free.
The most active 80 year old I’ve seen. Lots of travel, speaking at conferencing, networking in his professional circles.
Believe it or not, he’s a fairly conservative person. He’d never done yoga, breath work, sauna, cold plunge, saline IVs. I had the honor of pushing him out of his comfort zone a bit with the hippy health stuff.
He’s speed run learning how to use a smartphone and loves using it to connect all the people he meets together.
I think that was the most intriguing part of Leonard- his ability to pick up a new concept in minutes and apply it expertly. We were discussing modern cryptography and he was able to grok it in Yes, he and Ross are still friends today. If I understand correctly they recently met up for the first time outside of prison.
Related: LSD chemist William Pickard to be released from prison - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23947157 - July 2020 (375 comments) The "Acid King," Serving Life Without Parole - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12211097 - Aug 2016 (25 comments) Other (more loosely) related threads: The LSD Museum (2021) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36673288 - July 2023 (25 comments) Owsley Stanley: The King of L…
Related: LSD chemist William Pickard to be released from prison - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23947157 - July 2020 (375 comments) The "Acid King," Serving Life Without Parole - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12211097 - Aug 2016 (25 comments) Other (more loosely) related threads: The LSD Museum (2021) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36673288 - July 2023 (25 comments) Owsley Stanley: The King of L…
Hey dang, unrelated question but.... I posted this a couple days ago and it seemed to have resurfaced somehow. Never seen that happen in any past submissions. Is this a new HN feature? Slow news day bumps up some potentially overlooked posts?
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Hey dang, unrelated question but.... I posted this a couple days ago and it seemed to have resurfaced somehow. Never seen that happen in any past submissions. Is this a new HN feature? Slow news day bumps up some potentially overlooked posts?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26998308