Does anybody remember.....?

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I was talking with a buddy about this.....

When we were kids there was a huge story about some teen who did LSD during a concert and then ended up drowing in Lake Ontario...

It was in the early eighties.....

The teen's death was a big thing in Toronto news.... I remember my teachers and parents talking about it and warning everybody to be careful.....

Does anybody remember the teen's name?

Was it Benji or something?:confused:
 
That was it.....

Thanks Macdaddy....

I think I was like six at the time but I do remember it was one of those incidents that shocked the city......
 
What freaked me out in the city was the emmanuel jacques murder. the shoeshine boy who was raped and murdered by those sickos downtown.
 
The Slobodian incident I had forgot, but I wasn't living in Toronto then. I do recall the outrage over Emanuel Jacgues. It was many many years before the adult trade resurfaced with signage on Yonge after that.
 
Yeah, that was back when they turned yonge st into an open air mall and closed it to traffic. I know it started at bloor but did it end at dundas? Back then that part of yonge looked more like times square in the 80's....much worse than it is now...

Funny thing about the benji Hayward death is that they had all these experts on radio and tv talking about lsd and how it made you see music and hear colours...I almost tried LSD because I am partially colourblind and thought it might be rather interesting lol. Seriously though I was like one phone call away from trying it.....some good all those talk radio shows did if it made me want to try it instead of scaring me off.....
 
Manji said:
I was talking with a buddy about this.....

When we were kids there was a huge story about some teen who did LSD during a concert and then ended up drowing in Lake Ontario...

It was in the early eighties.....
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He died in May 1988.
 
Pink Floyd
Exhibition Stadium
May 13 1988

"Pink Floyd’s performance may have been largely forgotten but it was the death of 14-year-old Benji Hayward and its aftermath that most people remember. Hayward drowned in Lake Ontario after taking two hits of LSD. A coroner’s inquest and a massive public outcry for an all out war on drugs in Toronto followed this tragic incident."
 
I heard he also drank a bottle of whiskey and that was more to blame for his demise.
 
Too bad more people don't advise people to use trip sitters or the buddy system when it comes to drugs like LSD etc. I mean let's be practical drunks have designated drivers so should druggies.
 
frankcastle said:
Too bad more people don't advise people to use trip sitters or the buddy system when it comes to drugs like LSD etc. I mean let's be practical drunks have designated drivers so should druggies.
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Easier said than done, FC.....

The best laid plans will probably go out the window when you're high (especially on hallucingenics).....

And who wants to be sober/straight and hang out with a bunch of guys stoned out of their minds?
 
Well I've seen both in action........ experienced leading the inexperienced and yes even the sober guide. Mind you at 14 you're probably not thinking that responsibly.

Course there's also the idea that you might want to easy yourself into something like this no telling what the kids experience level was like but getting out of your tree in a place with 10s of 1000s of people is not a good idea.

Anyways, my point is that we should be more frank about these types of discussions with young people so that if they are going to do it they at least think about safety.

What happened to Benji was a shame and could have been prevented with better drug education.
 
frankcastle said:
......What happened to Benji was a shame and could have been prevented with better drug education.
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yeah, we gotta teach em how to properly roll a fatty, how to properly use LSD and how much water they should drink while on e lol That's what I say: edumicate them! :rolleyes:
 
The DeGrassi show in the 80's did a show that was based on the death of Benji Hayward. One kid took LSD laced with something and ended up jumping off the bloor bridge and had big time brain damage.
 
Hockey_MLnut said:
The DeGrassi show in the 80's did a show that was based on the death of Benji Hayward. One kid took LSD laced with something and ended up jumping off the bloor bridge and had big time brain damage.
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Ah Degrassi....


Tellin it like it is.....


Saw a commercial a few days back for "Degrassi:The Next Generation".....The season opener covers the evils of streetracing.
 
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