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Hoffman discovers LSD’s psychoactive effects
Hofmann A (1980) LSD: My Problem Child. McGraw-Hill: New York. -
1st paper on psychological effects of LSD in humans
Stoll W (1947). Lysergsäure-diäthyl-amid, ein Phantastikum aus der Mutterkorngruppe. Schweiz Arch Neur 60: 1–2. -
1st English publication on LSD
Busch AK, Johnson WC (1950). L.S.D. 25 as an aid in psychotherapy; preliminary report of a new drug. Dis Nerv Syst 11: 241–243. -
Hoffman ID's psilocybin
- in "magic mushrooms"
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Princeton conference*
*‘The use of LSD in psychotherapy’
Closed conference. Jonathan Cole attends, an early ACNP president Abramson A (1959) The Use of LSD in Psychotherapy. Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation: New York. -
Marsh Chapel experiment* at Harvard
*aka ‘Good Friday’ experiment
Conducted under Timothy Leary’s supervision but without institutional approval 1963: Leary dismissed from Harvard.
Aldous Huxley and JFK also die this same year Stevens J (1987) Storming Heaven: LSD and the American Dream. Paladin: London. Pahnke WN (1966). Drugs and mysticism. Int J Parapsychol 8: 295–315. Mangini M (1998). Treatment of alcoholism using psychedelic drugs: a review of the program of research. J Psychoactive Drugs 30: 381–418. -
Sandoz stops manufacture of LSD & psilocybin
Stevens J (1987) Storming Heaven: LSD and the American Dream. Paladin: London. -
Prohibition and curtailment of research begins in US*
*Senator Robert Kennedy formally questions this move Stevens J (1987) Storming Heaven: LSD and the American Dream. Paladin: London. Lee MA, Shlain B (1992) Acid Dreams: The Complete Social History of LSD: The CIA, The Sixties, and Beyond. In: Rev. Evergreen (ed). Grove Weidenfeld: New York. 1967: Timothy Leary declares ‘turn on, tune in and drop out’ at festival in Golden Gate Park -
LSD & psilocybin made Schedule 1
*Nixon signs Controlled Substances Act. Stevens J (1987) Storming Heaven: LSD and the American Dream. Paladin: London. Lee MA, Shlain B (1992) Acid Dreams: The Complete Social History of LSD: The CIA, The Sixties, and Beyond. In: Rev. Evergreen (ed). Grove Weidenfeld: New York.