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Martin Eden

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7. I didn't "experiment" with LSD until 1973, still in high school

Sun Apr 26, 2026, 05:31 PM

Sunday

I went with my three close buddies to the Berwyn Theater (Chicago suburb) to see a triple feature of Marx Brothers movies. Only one of us had tripped before. We had 4-way windowpane, so he took a half while the rest of us took a quarter each. We went in his car.

Has anyone else in the history of LSD "experimentaion" tripped for the first time to three Marx Brothers movies? We laughed our asses off. It all went so quickly, yet their rapid-fire humor slowed down as one scene melted into the next. We got every single joke.

When we exited the theater, our friend who took the half was flying too high to drive, so I volunteered. I got us home safely, no problem.

During the drive, we listened to the latest from Pink Floyd on the car's 8-track player -- Dark Side of the Moon.

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I was alive in '67 but I never experimented with LSD. I did experiment with coke, Marij, hashish, 3Hotdogs Apr 23 #1

What is Mario, never heard of that? lark Apr 23 #3

Typo - Marij . My cousin died from pot. From the time in his 20's, joint after joint, day after day. 3Hotdogs Apr 23 #4

I got worried about my breathing so cut back more than 50%. lark Apr 24 #5

It's suspected it didn't do Syd Barrett any good in the end. Emrys Apr 23 #2

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I didn't "experiment" with LSD until 1973, still in high school Martin Eden Sunday #7