Acid dreams the book

Acid dreams is not a fawning account of timothy leary and a daring band of bold experimenters with a completely wonderful mindexpanding substance. This is a poetry book, i wrote while on acid, its about the mental, physical abuse i experienced, as well and the break ups in my life that stood out the most. The first part was mostly about the cias use of and investigation into lsd for various purposes. A social history of marijuana medical, recreational and scientific buy this book. Acid dreams is a thorough and serious book, but its full of juicy details and the kind of improbable stories that turn history into entertainment. Martin lee and bruce shlains exhaustively researched and astonishing account part of it gleaned from secret government files tells how the cia became obsessed with lsd as an espionage weapon during the early 1950s and launched a massive covert research program, in which countless. The cia, lsd and the sixties rebellion, and is published by grove press. Acid dreams the complete social history of lsd the cia. The east coast versus west coast stuff p 124 is silly. A more recent book called hepcats, narcs, and pipe dreams, provides a complimentary education on this topic, covering a broader history of illegal drugs throughout americas past. Following is the annotated table of contents from acid dreams.

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An engrossing account of the history of lsd, the psychedelic 1960s, and the clandestine mind games of the cia william. The cia, lsd and the sixties rebellion acid dreams. The cia, lsd and the sixties rebellion by martin a. The cia, lsd, and the sixties rebellion, is a 1985 book by martin a. Acid dreams is the complete social history of lsd and the counterculture it helped to define in the sixties. He is also the author of the beast reawakens and smoke signals. The cia, lsd and the sixties rebellion read description the cia became obsessed with lsd as an espionage weapon during the early 1950s and launched a massive covert research program, in which countless unwitting citizens were used as guinea pigs.

I just finished reading the book acid dreams by martin a lee and bruce shlain. There have been other books about lsd after this, but nothing has surpassed this gem. Acid dreams few events have had a more profound impact on the social and cultural upheavals of the sixties than the psychedelic revolution spawned by the spread of lsd. Lee, bruce shlain and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The cia, the sixties, and beyond offers a cultural reckoning of cannabis in its many. The authors seem to assume that you have tried lsd.

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