We each had to spend a week out at Lassie's ranch, and whoever got along best with the dog got the part.

There's a big difference between somebody who does acid on weekends and somebody who takes downers every day.

Acid wasn't getting a whole lot of bad press at the time, and as I saw the whole bad-press thing happen, I became aware that the government had done a whole lie on all the other benign drugs as well. It became clear to me that the government wanted no real drug education.

It was the worst period of my life. I had all this gigantic acceptance as a kid, and all of a sudden there was this monumental rejection.

I was totally devastated for four years in the mid '60s when l tried to buck the tide.

We each had to spend a week out at Lassie's ranch, and whoever got along best with the dog got the part.

Marijuana. Boy, I thought that was just terrible. How could this great man do this to his life?