It was his generation. It happened. I cannot personally see LSD as a good thing (except for the fact that it is an acronym for my children's names, in birth order - Lynn, Susan, David - which I have noticed more than once while making notations in my journals)
I blame Carlos Castaneda.
Had I not dropped out of college to marry an older, conservative businessman, I might have been a flower child.
Prescription drugs today are no better, simply more available - especially to those whose parents can afford to provide them.
Ann