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Psychedelic Drugs

History Tech

Hippie Inc: How the Counterculture Went Corporate

Half a century on from the summer of love, marijuana is big business and mindfulness a workplace routine. Nat Segnit asks how the movement found itself at the heart of capitalism

Nat Segnit 1843 Dec 2019 15min Permalink

Science

Psychedelic Academe

Research into mind-altering drugs is back.

Zoë Corbyn The Chronicle of Higher Education Jun 2013 15min Permalink

Arts

David Pinchbeck and the New Psychedelic Elite

How the pop psychedelic author helped jumpstart the modern apocalypse movement after an alleged visit from “Quetzal-coatl, a mystical bird-serpent in Mayan myths.”

Vanessa Grigoriadis Rolling Stone Sep 2006 20min Permalink

Born Illegal

The godfather of experimental psychedelics and his many occasionally imprisoned followers.

Charles Shaw Alternet Oct 2010 Permalink

Sports

Just What the Doctor Ordered

Pitching a no-hitter in the middle of a multi-day acid bender was only one of Dock Ellis’ many amazing exploits.

Kliph Nesteroff WFMU Blog Sep 2009 25min Permalink