And yet some great music came out of it.  Mr. Hunter's work, through the Grateful Dead, touched me and many of my friends, influencing our music and thought patterns even to this day. Funny story:  about six years ago I met Bill Kreutzmann (GD drummer) back stage (out doors).  He had a pouch he was going through and set some papers off to the side.  A wind came up and blew the papers on the ground, so I picked them up for him and noticed a few that were slightly rigid with really neat designs on them. I commented on that to Bill who said "That's blotter paper.  You better not lick your fingers now."  So of course I immediately licked my fingers and he laughed, gave me a pair of drum sticks and got in the van for his ride to the airport. I didn't experience anything other than the high of having a great interaction with a musical hero from my youth.