ANTH106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Cannabis Use Disorder, Recreational Drug Tourism, Haile Selassie
27 Aug 2018
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* in 1963, lsd classified by fda as (cid:1688)experimental drug(cid:1689) * last lsd research project ended in 1975. * making it illegal only fuelled popular interest in the drug. An extensive black market developed to meet growing demand for lsd. * another (cid:1688)moral entrepreneurs(cid:1689) (to use himmelsteins phrase) responsible for popularising lsd was ken kesey. * also ginsberg, leary, hines and ken kesey. * after leaving harvard, timothy leary and richard alpert retreated to a 64 room mansion called. Psychedelic commune with 30 other men and women. Fairytale atmosphere:persian carpets, crystal chandeliers, large aquariums, elaborate psychedelic art. Residents stayed up all night tripping even children and dogs. * atmosphere at millbrook highlights the importance leary placed on proper (cid:1688)set(cid:1689) and (cid:1688)setting(cid:1689) in achieving euphoric, religious experience with the aid of psychedelics. Contrast with intimidating cold, impersonal laboratory atmosphere of the cia experiments, which explains the labelling of. * lsd is neither inherently transcendental nor anxiety-producing.
