> For one thing we have no way of confirming what exact chemical compound such experimenters actually took
OK, but that's no different than any of the people in the Star Slate Codex article. If anything the people doing thumbprints are much more likely to have taken actual LSD than the people getting it indirectly from Sandoz since they were making it themselves.
the purity of "actual LSD" can vary a lot, and is more important than the purity of most other substances.
I would expect it more likely to be as close to pure as possible by scientists at Sandoz than someone doing thumbprints at home.
But Owsley apparently did a great job from what I hear =p
OK, but that's no different than any of the people in the Star Slate Codex article. If anything the people doing thumbprints are much more likely to have taken actual LSD than the people getting it indirectly from Sandoz since they were making it themselves.