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When the Beatles used LSD, they went to a place "where rocking horse people eat marshmallow pies," but the only place one Boulder teen went after a bad experience with acid was the hospital after being Tasered by Boulder Police for resisting arrest . . . in the nude.

Carolyn French, Spokeswoman for the Boulder District Attorney's Office, confirmed Tuesday that the case of Christopher Dornfield, the 16-year-old involved in LSD-induced naked Tasering fiasco, has been resolved.

Because of Dornfield's status as a juvenile, French was unable to discuss the details of his prosecution to any great length, but she did offer reassurance that he had "completed the court process."

According to police records, officers initially encountered Dornfield naked and crawling on a patch of grass at 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 18 near the intersection of 28th and Iris before employing a series of three Taser shots -- the first for refusing orders to "hold still" and the other two for advancing on the officers -- before they finally subdued him.

The incident began when Dornfield split a hit of acid with a friend, 22-year-old Brian Skutch, and went "out of control," another friend later reported to police.

A police report stated that Dornfield's friends suggested trying to calm him down by taking him for a drive, but had to wrestle him back into the car after he jumped out and removed his pants and shoes.

Shortly after returning to the car, Dornfield upset his friends by kicking his roommate in the face -- so they decided to kick him out and call the police, according to the police report.

Thus far, Dornfield, Skutch, and the roommate, Jacob Ottenstein, have not made any comments about the incident.

The Boulder County Drug Task Force (BCDTF) has recently taken over the investigation into how Dornfield and Skutch obtained the LSD. BCDTF Sgt. Nick Goldberger told the Colorado Daily that this is the first investigation involving LSD the organization has begun in 2008.

A similar case not handed over to BCDTF officials, however, occurred in March of this year when former CU freshman Chandler Wyatt, 18, was accused of tripping on acid, running naked across the campus and sexually assaulting a woman.

"I've actually used acid many a time and have never had any urges to rip my clothes off," said one CU junior who wished to remain anonymous. "Drugs, especially hallucinogens are extremely personal, and you have to be aware of the state of mind you are in before you take them because they heighten every sense that you are going to experience -- which is why being shot by a Taser on acid would be even less fun than it probably is already."

Aside from the user's state of mind going into the experience, the recreational use of acid turning into what is commonly known as a "bad trip" may also have something to do with the unknown qualities of the actual drug, said Patrick O'Brien, CU Doctoral Candidate specializing in alcohol and drug use at the Department of Sociology.

"It's almost like cocaine in the terms of the amount of different chemicals and compounds that can be cut into it. LSD can be cut 60 different ways in 60 different places, so you don't really know what you're getting -- especially if you're buying off the street, nobody really knows what is in there except the people who are making it," said O'Brien. "When people have these bad trips, from what I've read, they are overcome with this anxiety and fear, stemming from an intense psychological distortion, that they have altered something and won't be able to return back to a normal state."

On the recommendation of the BCDTF, for more information on LSD and other psychoactive drugs, and people's firsthand experiences with them, visit www.erowid.org.

Contact Lance Vaillancourt about this story at (303) 443-6272, ext. 125 or vaillancourt@coloradodaily.com