In the popular imagination lsd (lysergic acid diethylamide) was introduced to the American public by radical figures such as Timothy Leary or Ken Kesey as part of the countercultural rebellion of the 1960s. Scholars have also written about the part played by mental health professionals and various government agencies in spreading knowledge about the psychedelic experience to certain sectors of...
The Peyote religion is one of the most important historical developments among the Indians of the United States. For thousands of years natives of northern Mexico have ingested the hallucinogenic peyote cactus, which grows wild in specific locales, for its medical and inspirational qualities. In the 1800s peyote use spread to Indian Territory, and under Christian influence it coalesced into a...
Journal Article Acid Dreams: The CIA, LSD, and the Sixties Rebellion. By Martin A. Lee and Bruce Shlain. (New York: Grove, 1985. xxiii + 343 pp. Cloth, $27.50; paper, $12.95.) Get access Richard H. Immerman Richard H. Immerman University of Hawaii Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 73, Issue 4, March 1987, Pages...