Why did Bill Gates try LSD, marijuana and why he stopped. Memoir ‘Source Code’ reveals Microsoft founder’s youth

In his memoir Source Code, Microsoft founder Bill Gates revealed that he tried drugs to impress girls, but the experience with LSD scared him and he never did it again. Gates said he tried LSD “four or five times”, the last being when he was 21. And I'm definitely not recommending that because even though you think some of your thoughts are profound, in retrospect, they’re not,” Gates says in the book. On marijuana he said his attempts to appear cool and impress girls “didn't work out”, but “I tried.” Bill Gates Shares Panic From LSD Drug Use Recounting one incident of LDS use, Gates says he panicked after his mind wandered.