In some local areas where these urban legends were retold, that may be the case. My understanding is that the main reason why LSD usage faded was because the supply went down. There are plenty of factors here: reduced access to precursors, different classifications of certain pharmaceutical precursors, different farming techniques that prevent other "natural" resources, retirement and arrest of major suppliers, and a shift in taste toward other drugs that reduced demand and fouled the risk / reward calculus for doing a synthesis run.
Here in Florida, back in the eighties and nineties, an old timer with a background in organic chemistry used to make it. He was a fascinating fellow. He didn't make it for the money, and allegedly if you were introduced to the guy, he'd practically give it away. By the mid-2000s, he was no longer gifting folks his "samples" or even talking about his hobby. I'm sure he has long since passed on.
Here in Florida, back in the eighties and nineties, an old timer with a background in organic chemistry used to make it. He was a fascinating fellow. He didn't make it for the money, and allegedly if you were introduced to the guy, he'd practically give it away. By the mid-2000s, he was no longer gifting folks his "samples" or even talking about his hobby. I'm sure he has long since passed on.