The Sunshine Makers Page #3

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also known as the Hippie Mafia.

The mafia rules by fear.

The Brotherhood ruled by love.

LSD made freethinkers

out of people.

The grip that all

governments have on people

was going to probably end.

I know it sounds

ridiculously naive.

But if you've ever sat and

really seen the golden light,

and really went deep

inside yourself,

it ain't all that far out.

They were actually stickup men.

And they all dropped acid.

And they threw

their pistols away.

And they said, we're going to

form the Brotherhood of Love.

And we'll be working

with psychedelics

and we won't be sticking

up people anymore.

Our aim

was to turn the world on.

The business arrangement between

the Brotherhood and Nick

and Tim was pretty

straightforward.

Here's 100 grams about acid,

and there's more

where that came from.

We sold it all.

We had... I think

it was $72,000.

That's a lot of money now, but it

was a huge amount of money then.

And came back up

and delivered it to Nick.

That was it.

Now we were the official

distributors.

We're the ones that came

up with the name sunshine,

to this day the most

famous acid ever.

I took some acid.

Peter, what did

the acid look like?

They were these

little orange pills.

- Were they barrel-shaped?

- Uh, yeah.

OK, right. You did some

Orange Sunshine, Peter.

So we were smuggling

all through America,

all through Europe.

You know, you have to break

some eggs to make an omelet.

You're going to have to break

some laws to make a revolution.

They dealt

most of the Orange Sunshine.

They did a really good job.

It went all over the world.

India had lots of it.

In Goa and other places.

People that were smuggling

hash out of Afghanistan

were bringing acid

into Afghanistan.

I sent a bunch

through different soldiers,

to turn the soldiers on to a

higher way of looking at things

and not just take orders.

You get really stoned.

Then, you know, like,

who cares about the war?

We thought

the world was going to change

within five years or so.

The grass would

be growing in Manhattan.

We were in a fit of idealism.

I envisioned

centers all over the world.

There would be trained

guides like myself,

taking people through

their first trip.

It was a spiritual thing.

Some people say,

I believe in God.

I don't have to believe in God.

I have been one with God.

It was amazing.

We had a growing

sense of community,

among equally eccentric people.

It was a lovely time.

There

was a psychedelic nation

that was forming.

It seemed as though

it was going to work out.

You know, evangelists

have an epiphany a church.

We're the same, except

we were LSD evangelists.

Jesus, that's what

he was trying to do.

I think we did

a better job than Jesus.

Christians would hate me

for saying that but it's true.

We touched more souls

than... you know,

we just because it's a modern

world,

and Jesus didn't have no acid.

Did it feel that

you were turning on the world?

I really

thought we were on our way.

We guesstimated that maybe

three quarters of a billion people,

might be willing to take acid,

willing to give it a try.

What was that

based on? A guess?

Intuition.

Optimism.

Somebody in Africa

who's starving to death

might have relatively

little interest

in... or on the other hand, they might

think it's really cool. Who knows.

But still, we

thought that it would

be a fair shot know that if three

quarters of a billion doses

would be not too shabby.

Seven hundred and fifty million doses,

which is roughly 200 kilos of pure acid.

The next step might be 20 kilos.

And then that's sort

of what we were hoping.

How soon were you hoping

to be able to complete your mission?

I suppose

I was thinking in terms

of a couple years maybe.

When I finished

my work in Windsor,

I wanted to learn how to fly.

After I got through the basic

training, I flew up to Napa.

When I got off the airplane,

a fellow said to me,

"are you Tim Scully?"

And I said, "yes."

And somebody else

grabbed me from behind

and put the handcuffs on.

Stay there.

They said,

"we're federal agents

and we're arresting you

on a fugitive warrant

"from Denver, Colorado."

I figured that I

was in deep trouble.

Scully was advised of

his constitutional rights

and transported to the BNDD

offices, San Francisco,

California for processing.

I arrived

at the federal building,

got taken into a booking

room where they took

my picture and my fingerprints.

I was told I could get

a maximum sentence of 56 years.

I said, "oh sh*t."

Robert T Scully.

Male Caucasian, 23 years of

age, born on August 27, 1944.

Six foot one inches

tall, 130 pounds.

Slender build, brown

hair, hazel eyes.

I was the group supervisor,

for the investigation

of the LSD sales

in the San Francisco area.

In 1966, LSD was kiddie dope.

In other words,

kids are using this.

The real men are using

cocaine and heroin,

and those kind of drugs.

I felt it was more

dangerous because nobody

knew the outcome of where

this thing is going to end up.

And it's causing

problems to society.

I wound up as a junior

agent with Gordon White,

to fight the hallucinogen

traffic.

Most of these young people were

the first of the baby-boomers.

They saw a lot

of things in the world

they thought

were hypocritical and they

were reacting against them.

And they weren't totally wrong.

I just didn't agree with the

way they were doing it.

Peculiarities...

wears glasses and walks,

with an extremely large gait.

Associates, Donald R. Douglas.

Tim and I

met in kindergarten.

There is no question that

Tim is a science genius.

The part of him that

you mostly don't see

is the guy who figured the right

place for an accelerator pedal

is flat on the floor.

And he's the one who,

the very first time we took LSD

together, said, you know,

Don, we could make this,

with a real gleam in his eye.

What is LSD?

How does it work?

When did it all begin?

In the late

'50s and very early 1960s,

LSD samples went

to psychologists,

and psychiatrists who

were doing medical research.

It also caught the attention

of the CIA,

looking at the possibility

of using LSD in the Cold War.

CIA were looking

at it for one thing.

But the side effects

were such that a person that

would be looking for a high,

this would be the kind of side

effect that they would enjoy.

I just felt so one,

so human and alive

again for the first

time in years.

And the word

started to get around

that there was this really

interesting substance.

Magazine articles were published

and a buzz developed.

I mean, I feel as though

I have no enemies in the world.

And this is very lovely.

By 1965

the FDA had classified.

LSD as an experimental drug.

The sources of supply started

being driven underground.

And that's

about when we started looking,

at Owsley and his operation.

Owsley was the man.

He had the brand name.

LSD was being sold

on the street as Owsley Acid.

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