CoL49 (5) Sidney [Genghis] Cohen

Monte Davis montedavis at verizon.net
Mon Jul 6 17:35:27 CDT 2009


Robin sez:

> Who was producing all that acid that hit the streets starting 
> in '66?  
> Who was the money, the brains behind that push?

The chemical precursors were cheap, the synthesis not difficult, the typical
dose 50 to a few hundred *micro*grams, and the authorities slow to catch on.
What makes you believe there *needed* to be a whole lot of money or brains
beyond what could be conjured by an anarchist miracle?  





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