I was one of the only friends in my group that tried to talk people out of trying drugs or alcohol because I had grownup in the worst area.This district called skidrow was located between Chinatown and Japantown in Vancouver,B.C.and it was full of junkies,rubbies,and hookers,so I saw my fill of what could happen if you lost control.Mindless,filthy,sick good-for-nothings surrounded me on the streets,how could you not learn from this dangerous environment.Well once we moved to a better area it happen to be 1968 and my friends were all experimenting with many different drugs and I still tried to keep them from indulging.But after extensive literary research and receiving a standing ovation for a oral report on popular drugs,and earning an 'A' in chemistry I decided to try marijuana.But where to score I did not know.This was solved for me by a pot dealer being chased by the police,who threw his stash at me as he ran by me.So now I had a bag,a nickelbag as I learnt later to recognize.Well,it was summer holidays and two of my best friends and myself decided to go camping,I brought the weed with out my buddies knowledge.And after a few days one buddy tells us he had a dream that somebody gave him some weed in his dream last nights I could't keep quiet any longer and after the dreamer started whining that he wished he had brought some smokeables ,VOILA I pull out the nickelbag.I told them how I acquired what they called a GODSEND.We decided to wait until night to smokeup,the experienced eyes of my buddies new it was the famous AUCAPULCO GOLD that had fallen in to my possession and they wanted maximum effect to watch the stars once it became dark...Seeing we were way up north of Vancouver it didn't become dark until very late, about 10 o'clock so that's when we started to smoke.One joint,I felt nothing,so another,I insisted.My two buddies were high but I felt absolutely nothing,so lets do another, and another and another...Until my friends said something to me I didn't understand,What did you say,I said...We didn't say anything,they insisted.My first experience with MINDgames,I thought they were just fucking with me,oh well that's friends for you.But then we all heard something outside our tent,and we were far away from any humans,no one would be anywhere near us.OH FUCK,OH FUCK,OH FUCK,we all figured it out when we heard loud sniffing and grunting.ITS A FUCKING BEAR,we wispered,shit it could eat all three of us,we were so skinny,it wouldn't be satisfied easily.There was a very low growl and it poked at the thin canvas tent wall,OHHHSHHIITTT ITS COMMING IN...We all at once dove to the floor and tried to fit our heads into a small hole that wasn't big enough for even one of us, bumping our heads so hard together it almost knocked us unconsious.Of course we started to laugh and laugh histarically LOUD,which scared the bear away,thanks for another GODSEND.Then we could relax,sure we're going outside,NOT.Stuck in the tent we thought we were safe,we all got laid back started telling stories and eating everything in the tent.I became so so high that laying in my sleepingbag I slowly started to float up in the air,Iwas absolutely floating and I SCREAMED HELP MMEE I'M FLOATING AWAY,PLEASE...And I grabbed my nearest buddy and said,PLEASE HOLD ME DOWN...That was when I had my first out of body experience,I was 14 yrs old...Since that day so long ago I have accomplished many things in my life,became a real professional musician and travelled most of the world and am now making movies and the music to go with them,but without experiences like I just told you I wouldn't have dreamt of doing so much or hoped to do it ...aswasisaswilalwaysbe