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When the CIA met LSD Tripping on Utopia: Margaret Mead, the Cold War, and the Troubled Birth of Psychedelic Science Benjamin Breen Grand Central Publishing, 2024. 384 pp.

Alexis Turner

Science January 19, 2024 DOI: 10.1126/science.adm9748 (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics Peer reviewed
Topics LSD

Abstract

A pair of anthropologists’ personal papers shed light on US psychedelic science in the mid-20th century