▁Know : ▁Ram ▁D ass ▁& ▁Tim othy ▁Le ary . ▁ ▁Le ary ' s ▁last ▁book ▁before ▁he ▁died ▁was ▁Cha os ▁and ▁Cy ber ▁Culture , ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 4 . ▁In ▁it ▁he ▁wrote , ▁" The ▁time ▁has ▁come ▁to ▁talk ▁cheer fully ▁and ▁jo ke ▁s ass ily ▁about ▁personal ▁responsibility ▁for ▁man aging ▁the ▁dying ▁process ." ▁ ▁His ▁book ▁Design ▁for ▁D ying , ▁which ▁tried ▁to ▁give ▁a ▁new ▁perspective ▁on ▁death ▁and ▁dying , ▁was ▁published ▁post hum ously . ▁Le ary ▁wrote ▁about ▁his ▁belief ▁that ▁death ▁is ▁" a ▁mer ging ▁with ▁the ▁entire ▁life ▁process ." ▁ ▁His ▁website ▁team , ▁led ▁by ▁Chris ▁Gra ves , ▁updated ▁his ▁website ▁on ▁a ▁daily ▁basis ▁as ▁a ▁sort ▁of ▁proto - blog . ▁The ▁website ▁noted ▁his ▁daily ▁int ake ▁of ▁various ▁ill ic it ▁and ▁legal ▁chemical ▁subst ances ▁with ▁a ▁pred ile ction ▁for ▁nit r ous ▁ox ide , ▁L SD ▁and ▁other ▁psych ed el ic ▁dru gs . ▁He ▁was ▁noted ▁for ▁his ▁strong ▁views ▁against ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁dru gs ▁which ▁" d ull ▁the ▁mind " ▁such ▁as ▁hero in , ▁morph ine ▁and ▁( more ▁than ▁occas ional ) ▁alco hol , ▁and ▁also ▁for ▁his ▁tra dem ark ▁" Le ary ▁Bis cu its " ▁( a ▁sn ack ▁cra cker ▁with ▁che ese ▁and ▁a ▁small ▁mar iju ana ▁bud , ▁briefly ▁mic row aved ). ▁At ▁his