first asserting that his own experience of god is continuous, meher baba explains that the upliftment produced by drugs is only temporary and thus not a true realization of divinity; in the end, drugs lead only to madness, delusion, and hypocrisy. after one more disillusioning scene in millbrook, louis closes the door on drugs. he tells us that he stopped using lsd after it became illegal, but adds that had it not been for lsd, he would surely have taken his own life, just as his mother and grandfather did.