Reefer Madness – 1895 to the Present – Chapter 9: 1960-1970 – Crazy Hippies
The 1960s! All the racism, parental hysteria, and ignorance from the previous decades.
Browsing: LSD
John Hopkins Launches Center for Psychedelic Research
CANNABIS CULTURE – A group of private donors has given $17 million to start the Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research at Johns Hopkins Medicine, making it what’s believed to be the first such research center in the U.S., and the largest research center of its kind in the world. In the absence of federalRead More
Seed Stories: How Purple Paonia Paralyzer Took Root in Colorado
CANNABIS CULTURE – In 1971, I owned the Cotangent, a small fashion-clothing store on the hill in Boulder, Colorado. That year, I traveled to Europe with my wife Rosie, our young son, Mikel-Jon, and Marina, a Dutch Indonesian woman who accompanied us as a nanny. We entered Holland with a brand-new Volkswagen bus and 30,000Read More
How LSD Cemented Willie Nelson’s Relationship with Pot
"My love affair with pot became a long-term marriage," the musician writes in his new memoir
Is LSD About to Return to Polite Society?
For 40 years, British countess Amanda Feilding has believed psychedelics are an effective treatment for depression and anxiety. Now a growing number of scientists agree
No Link Found Between Psychedelics and Psychosis
In large US survey, users of LSD and similar drugs were no more likely to have mental-health conditions than other respondents.
Are Psychedelics the Next Medical Marijuana?
After a long hiatus, researchers are again studying psychedelic substances like LSD to see if they fill a medical need
Five Mind-Blowing Lessons from Psychedelics Experts
A recent online course unraveled psychedelic science, medicine, art and spirituality.
Psychedelic Renaissance: LSD, Ecstasy and Magic Mushrooms Are Helping People Face Death, Cope with Trauma and Quit Booze and Smokes
Four decades after the counter-culture’s widespread recreational use of hallucinogens led to criminalization, there's new interest in their therapeutic potential.
The Psychedelic Future of the Mind
Thomas Roberts' new book suggests that the use of psychedelics can amplify intelligence, induce creativity and help produce a better brain.
