yes, the version in 'Fear and Loathing' is entirely fictional, as Thompson told Gilliam. And the whole 'it can only be harvested from living humans' is also complete bullsit (or poetic license as it was a fictionalised account), as it can be synthesized, they were doing experiments with it since at least the 50's. If you're a research scientist you can buy it freely over the internet.
Seriously, are people really getting their information from Hollywood films?
Seriously, no they’re not. Don’t be silly.
