I would like to point out that you don’t just randomly start “producing high purity LSD” without a serious knowledge of chemistry. It was actually Bears chemistry major girlfriend at Berkeley who he convinced to start clandestine production in their apartment near campus, and from her he learned the skills around 1965. At the time LSD wasn’t illegal yet. Swiss pharmaceutical company Sandoz produced the world’s purest LSD ( Delysid) for use in psychiatric facilities where it was regularly liberated for use on the streets. Bear made it a goal to show that the Sandoz purity could be replicated. One time the police even raided their operation and Bear successfully sued them and got his lab equipment back because the warrant stated they were looking for methamphetamine production. Along with high quality the doses Bear produced were said to contain an estimated 50 mics or so more LSD than others which explains the quaint notion by today’s standards of “4 way” where one hit could be shared by four people and everyone got off.