been used in religious ceremonies‚ as well as an escape from people’s monotonous‚ mundane lives. A spike of usage occurred during the 1960’s‚ in accordance with the counterculture‚ as a gateway into higher consciousness. Psychologists such as Timothy Leary experimented with mushrooms to see the connection from sacred mushrooms‚ to understanding a human’s subconscious. The magic mushroom is a psychoactive drug that alters
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LSD and other hallucinogens have flooded the drug market for the past forty years. Some of these drugs are natural while others are man-made‚ but almost all of them have the same effect on the people that take them. In its early years LSD‚ and LSD like drugs‚ were tested on all people in different walks of life including our military personnel. Of course the doctors did this not knowing the effects of the drug‚ long term or short term. With time knowledge grew‚ but sadly‚ so did the curiosity about
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After World War II ended‚ the age of baby-booming and urban sprawling began. During this time‚ many American soldiers came home from the war; married‚ and had five or six children. This created the largest generation ever. Could this new generation change the social world of America? In 1964‚ most of the baby-boomer’s children were in their late teens. This was the beginning of a major social change in the United States. With the birth of rock-n-roll not far in the past‚ and a growing liberalism
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stipulated criteria are as follows; “the factor must make sense from a theoretical view” (Feist‚ 2009‚ p. 408). Finally the factor must possess social relevance‚ in order to demonstrate a relationship. His criteria appear quite strict in comparison to Timothy Leary’s factors‚ which are primarily based on biological motivations‚ themes and reflexes. Eysenck
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A Swiss chemist named Dr. Albert Hoffman first produced lysergic acid Diethylmide or best known as LSD in 1938 (Dye‚ 1992‚ p. 2). Hoffman discovered the drug while trying to synthesize a new drug for the treatment of headaches. He obtained the lysergic acid from the parasitic fungus that grows on rye plants known as ergot. From the lysergic acid‚ he synthesized the compound LSD. He used the compound to test for its pain killing properties on laboratory animals. Being that appeared totally ineffective
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Timothy Francis Leary was an American writer‚ psychologist‚ campaigner for psychedelic drug research and use‚ 60s counterculture icon and computer software designer. He is most famous as a proponent of the therapeutic and spiritual benefits of LSD. In the 1960’s Leary and his associates‚ Richard Alpert (later known as Ram Dass)‚ began the Harvard Psilocybin Project conducting research
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"The LSD movement was started by the CIA‚" quipped Timothy Leary with a wide grin on his face. "I wouldn ’t be here now without the foresight of the CIA scientists." The one-time Pied Piper of the flower children was in top form‚ laughing and joking with reporters‚ as though he hadn ’t been chased halfway around the world by US narcotics police and spent the last few years in prison. "It was no accident‚" Leary mused. "It was all planned and scripted by the Central Intelligence‚
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The Summer of Love The 1960s was a decade of political and social upheaval. The counterculture‚ which was what the decade was called‚ became disappointed with all the restrictions and conventions of the straight society. The Summer of Love did not occur until 1967‚ but the decade was inspired by the Bohemian spirit which was already present in the 1950s; known as the Beat generation. The counterculture gained significant influence in liberal cities such as Berkley and San Francisco. In 1967‚ Scott
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Music The Voice of A Generation John Lennon’s music impacted the war movement in the 1960. As musicians‚ our duty is to carry today’s influence‚ even if we are not directly trying to do so. The art we release through our art form directly impacts the listeners in powerful ways. Today’s youth and adolescents of our society prove how powerful words and music can be. John Lennon a man ahead of his own time Born 9th October 1940 Died the 8th of December. John Lennon Co Founder and former member of the
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John and Yoko staged a "bed-in for peace" at the Amsterdam Hilton. It was at their second bed-in in Montreal in June of 1969 that Lennon recorded "Give Peace a Chance" in his hotel room‚ aided by a host of celebrities such as Tommy Smothers‚ Timothy Leary‚ Petula Clark‚ Dick Gregory‚ and Murray the K. The song was sung by half a million Vietnam War protestors at the second Vietnam Moratorium Day in October 1969 in Washington‚ D.C. Noting Lennon’s appearance at the Sinclair rally‚ Senator Strom Thurmond
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