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There is no one right way to do LSD. But talk to anyone who has done it more than a few times and they'll tell you there are definitely wrong ways to do it.

And one of Ayeze Jama Everett's first time's using was definitely in the wrong category.

He was 16 years old, traveling on a bus from New York City to New Hampshire.

At least that's what he thought. on a bus from New York City to New Hampshire.

At least that's what he thought.

And not thinking clearly, because I'm a stupid teenager,

on the bus.

I'm like, you know what a really good thing to do?

Let's do some LSD.

That'll be fun.

So I'm on an acid on this bus, and then they're like,

no, we don't go there.

You've got to get to this other town 12 miles over to get that other bus.

And I was like, I was like this close to being like, but I'm hot.

But I didn't say that.

I was like, okay. And so I have this like two hour or two and a half hour, freaking walk on the road, pitch black, my backpack on, you know, bad shoes, bad jacket, tripping.

Iize was headed to a boarding school that he'd applied to and gotten in all on his own.

He even got a scholarship.

He had to get out of Harlem.

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