Social and Political Sources of Drug Effects: The Case of Bad Trips on Psychedelics
Journal of Drug Issues April 1, 1979 Richard Bunce
Bad trips occurring during psychedelic drug use are analyzed as social rather than pharmacological products. Survey data from psychedelic users show a dramatic decline in bad trips over the period from the mid-1960s through 1975. Several explanations of this phenomenon are considered. Neither pharmacological explanations nor explanations depending on the growth of supportive subcultures of...