Back when all the students went with moustaches or a beard, I went with mutton chops (Neil Young copied me). Their goal was to look handsome or masculine. My goal was to rebel against standards of beauty and get them used to a real face. At least we all agreed on having 2 foot long hair. Always good to have a political consensus no matter how trivial the centerpoint... And there's no such thing as bad acid per se. It's either the situation provokes paranoia because you don't have a trusted friend along, or some other drugs were mixed in during the acid's homemade manufacture. Legalization would eliminate both problems. You should quiz your mother now and then to keep up on her changing condition.