Carhartt-Harris & Goodwin (2017) Table 1

  • 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"
    Hofmann A, Heim R, Brack A, Kobel H (1958). Psilocybin, a psychotropic substance from the Mexican mushroom Psilicybe mexicana Heim. Experientia 14: 107–109.
  • 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.