> "About half way through the campaign, I suddenly realized that all these poor bastards out there reading the Rolling Stone believed this madness," he said. >

> "About half way through the campaign, I suddenly realized that all these poor bastards out there reading the Rolling Stone believed this madness," he said. > "I never said he was [taking Ibogaine]," he continued, "I said there was a rumor in Milwaukee that he was, which was true when I started the rumor in Milwaukee." -- https://theplaidzebra.com/hunter-s-thompson-spread-rumor-presidential-candidates-drug-addiction-taken-seriously/ https://theplaidzebra.com/hunter-s-thompson-spread-rumor-pre...