I was here living in Eugene when he was living in California with his friends and doing all the ACID TESTS, non-stop partying, touring the country in their DRUG Bus.  I  did not need to KNOW him.  I read all about him in the news media.  I would never associate myself or hang around with someone like him because he was a DRUGGIE......  There is a poster on here that goes by AlwaysThere, he went to high school with some of the Kesey Clan, he can tell you all about the parties and reputation that  family had in Pleasant Hill high school, and on the family farm............ 

Say you had a friend that wrote a best seller book, and that friend then started Raping women.  Would you still praise your friend because of the notoriety of their book, or would you look at them for the real person they are which is a RAPIST.  

NO Difference in the Kesey career....................