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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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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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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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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Thesis: During the 1950’s the hippie movement began‚ hippies rebelled against society‚ had their own way of living‚ and had an impact on the world. I. Introduction A. How hippies formed B. What inspired them to be this way C. Thesis II. Rebelling Against Society A. Drop out 1. From school 2. From materialistic life B. Drugs 1. LSD‚ marijuana‚ etc. 2. Sold them to stay living III. Living style A. Fashion 1. Clothes and shoes 2. Hair and
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In 1963 the Sandoz patents expired on LSD. Also in 1963‚ the US Food and Drug Administration classified LSD as an Investigational New Drug‚ which meant new restrictions on medical and scientific use.[ Several figures‚ including Aldous Huxley‚ Timothy Leary‚ and Al Hubbard‚ began to advocate the consumption of LSD. LSD became central to the counterculture of the 1960s. On October 24‚ 1968‚ possession of LSD was made illegal in the United States. The last FDA approved study of LSD in patients ended
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drug use was in Haight-Ashbury and how prevalent drugs were in the counterculture” (Brownell). The use of LSD was unknown to the public until the 1960’s when a psychologist at Harvard University named Timothy Leary began to experiment with LSD and encouraged his students to use. (Brownell) Timothy told young people to “Turn on to the scene‚ tune in to what is happening‚ and drop out—of high school‚ college‚ grad school‚ junior executive—and follow me the hard way.” “The drug influenced everything
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Fear And Loathing in Las Vegas “Strange memories on this nervous night in Las Vegas. Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime‚ the kind of peak that never comes again. San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time and place to be a part of. But no explanation‚ no mix of words or music or memories can touch that sense of knowing that you were there and alive in that corner of time in the world. Whatever it meant.” A poignant description of the peace movement of the 1960’s
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