Talk:Nicholas Sand

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Comment

I am Nicholas Sand and I feel that the most recent article is deficient for the folowing reasons:

1) THE MOST RECENT ARTICLE IS BARREN AND FACTUAL IN A VERY LIMITED WAY AND DOES NOT DESCRIBE THE SPIRITUAL NATURE OF MY QUEST AS IT DOES IN THE EARLIEST VERSION WHICH RELIED ON POETIC IMAGERY.

2)THE INCLUSION OF THE MANUFACTURE OF PRECURSORS TO FINE PSYCHEDLICS IS SILLY AND MIGHT AS WELL TALK ABOUT ME MAKING WATER, WHICH IS A BYPRODUCT OF MANY REACTIONS BUT NEITHER IMPORTANT OR RELEVANT.

3) THE MOST PENETRATING AND EPISTOMOLOGICALLY CORRECT VERSION IS THE ONE BY LOZO, 22 MAY 2006

Nick, you are a very lovely man indeed! Spaceyaface xxx — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nicholas Sand (talk • contribs) 08:01, 25 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I assume the version Nick is complaining about was deleted due to lack of references. Cosmo Feilding Mellen directed a documentary film "The Sunshine Makers" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4456270/combined) which will be released in theaters in 10 US cities in mid-December 2016 (distributed by Film Rise). In that film Nick tells how during a psychedelic experience he found himself in a black void where a voice told him that it was his mission to make psychedelics widely available. He also explained the spiritual nature of his mission. I'm not sure how to correctly add this to the article (or if it is appropriate) but I believe it would be a first small step toward adding some of the material Nick would like to see there. TimScully (talk) 23:02, 6 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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ALD-52 "analog" defence

This explanation is from ALD-52 article, but is not cited- "This resulted in the first drug analogue trial, where Scully claimed that he and his partners did nothing illegal, because they were producing ALD-52, which was not an illicit drug. However, as the prosecution claimed, there were problems with such a rationale—ALD-52 was claimed to readily undergo hydrolysis to LSD, and secondly, the synthesis of ALD-52 required LSD. (The second point was based on the methods available in the scientific literature at the time). Scully was convicted and served time in prison."

I think this is notable as a first "analog trial" (I'm using the US spelling here), as well as just an interesting elaboration. While I have not found verification in the literature, the points about ALD-52 are factual, and repeated in the 2015 documentary film, The Sunshine Makers (2015 film). At some point maybe I'll be able to verify these in a written publication.Cuvtixo (talk) 20:09, 12 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]