CoL49: The Pros & Cons of LSD, Time 1964

Robin Landseadel robinlandseadel at comcast.net
Sun May 10 13:03:53 CDT 2009


Sorry about the slip-up in the subject line, I suspect it was a slip  
of the finger. . .

On May 10, 2009, at 10:53 AM, Robin Landseadel wrote:

> Note Gengis Cohen character as stamp expert in CoL49:
>
> 	"The mind—that seven inches of inner space between the root
> 	of the nose and the occiput— our prized possession; its study
> 	on every level is most important," says Los Angeles Psychiatrist
> 	Sidney Cohen. The newest and most controversial way of
> 	carrying on that most important study is with the aid of drugs
> 	that produce hallucinations or illusions. But the responsible
> 	hopes raised by serious and cautious research have been
> 	matched by wildly visionary claims. Irresponsible misuse of the
> 	drugs has led to both scares and scandals. . .
>
>
> http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,876484,00.html
>
> Owsley worked for Rocketdyne:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/rcaghe

Bonus tracks:

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