```LSD casualties`` a real phenomenon or folk legend?==  I know that there is a separate section for urban myths about drugs, but I think this question needs to be directly examined or at least acknowledged in this article. It appears that most people believe that LSD can in some circumstances turn normal people into complete basket cases. I believe it is worth mentioning that strangely behaving or autistic people who are famous or consicuous often become the subject of ``He went crazy after taking too much LSD...`` type stories. Some examples that I can think of are activist Amanda Baggs, late musician Syd Barrett, and an Australian bloke known as ``Mad Dog`` who is locally famous for barking and swearing at people and vehicles. I believe that Ms Baggs has admitted to a ``brief period of LSD abuse`` in a blog interview with Donna Williams. I'm sure there are many other unusual people who have been the subject of LSD stories. What are we to make of this?   ==`