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Don Lattin: The Harvard Psychedelic Club

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The Cultural Legacy of Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert

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Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert (now known as Ram Dass) began researching psychedelics as part of the Harvard Psilocybin Project back in 1960. The university shut down the experiments in 1962 and the rest, as they say, is history. In this clip, author Don Lattin measures the impact of LSD and other psychedelics on today's society.
Andrew Weil Brings Down Psychedelic Gurus Leary & Alpert

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Don Lattin, author of The Harvard Psychedelic Club, recounts the involvement of author and physician Andrew Weil in the firing of Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert (aka Ram Dass) from Harvard for researching and experimenting with psychedelics.
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JONATHANE

Posted: 01.20.10, 05:34 PM

I'm 27 and in high school I used alot of acid my junior year after i read a book on LSD. I knew that what i was taking was light years away in terms of purity and potency compared to the cid in the 60's. But i took it every weekend for a year(probably over 100 hits my junior year alone) and i honestly don't regret it. And i wish i could have been lucky enough to have the experiences and conscious lift that the fortunate ( yes, the dark side is always a reality of this whole movement and i question the true validity of Lsd as substitute for good old fashion meditation, study, and just plain old humble sober living) users with usually high IQ's to begin with got to include in their lives.