lsd (drug)

Examines the problems associated with LSD and other hallucinogens, long-term risks, and treatment for those addicted.

"The visionary chemist Sidney Gottlieb was the CIA's master magician and gentlehearted torturer--the agency's "poisoner in chief." As head of the MK-ULTRA mind control project, he directed brutal experiments at secret prisons on three continents. He made pills, powders, and potions that could kill or maim without a trace--including some intended for Fidel Castro and other foreign leaders"--Jacket flap.

Examines the ability of illegal drugs like LSD and Ecstasy to treat anxiety disorders like PTSD and argues that they should be made legal for people suffering such disorders. Explores what happens to a human brain under the influence of psychedelic drugs and how that influence, when controlled, can help alleviate anxiety symptoms.

"In September 1970, ex-Harvard professor and 'High Priest of LSD' Dr. Timothy Leary escaped from prison with the aid of the radical Weather Underground. Spanning twenty-eight months, President Nixon's careening, global manhunt for Dr. Timothy Leary winds its way among homegrown radicals, European aristocrats, a Black Panther outpost in Algeria, an international arms dealer, hash-smuggling hippies from the Brotherhood of Eternal Love, and secret agents on four continents, culminating in one of the trippiest journeys through the American counterculture."--OCLC.

An introduction to hallucinogenic drugs and their consequences.

Examines the problems associated with LSD and other hallucinogens, long-term risks, and treatment for those addicted.

Discusses the history of the hallucinogenic drug LSD, its societal and physical effects and where to go for help.

Brothers David and Michael Sanderson have been inseparable since childhood, but when one tragic event changes their lives forever, the surviving brother must find a way to go on with life, despite his grief and guilt.

Drug dealer Sam Altman, increasingly unhinged by his chronic LSD use, follows his urge to retreat from civilization and moves to Alaska with his girlfriend Lindy where he meets with tragedy after imagining he is a mountain ram being chased by a pack of wolves.