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Provides a social history of how the CIA used the psychedelic drug LSD as a tool of espionage during the early 1950s and tested it on U.S. citizens before it spread into popular culture, in particular the counterculture as represented by Timothy Leary, Allen Ginsberg, Ken Kesey, and others who helped spawn political and social upheaval.
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Acid Dreams, Martin A. Lee, Bruce Shlain
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- 1992
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- Title
- Acid Dreams
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Martin A. Lee, Bruce Shlain
- Publisher
- Grove Press
- Released
- 1992
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 384
- ISBN10
- 0802130623
- ISBN13
- 9780802130624
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Self-Help, Medicine, Creative Nonfiction, USA, Health & Fitness, Drugs, Addiction Treatment, Agents, CIA, Washington
- First published
- 1985
- Original title
- Acid dreams
- Rating
- 4.1 out of 5
- Description
- Provides a social history of how the CIA used the psychedelic drug LSD as a tool of espionage during the early 1950s and tested it on U.S. citizens before it spread into popular culture, in particular the counterculture as represented by Timothy Leary, Allen Ginsberg, Ken Kesey, and others who helped spawn political and social upheaval.