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NEWS ABOUT: LSD

LSD stories: 9 news summaries

 'Lucy In the Sky' Dead at 46 

Lucy O'Donnell, nursery school classmate of John's son, inspired Beatles hit

Sep 28, 09 11:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lucy O’Donnell, the girl who supposedly inspired John Lennon and Paul McCartney to write “Lucy In the Sky with Diamonds,” has died of lupus at age 46. Though the song was controversial when it debuted on Sgt. Pepper for its purported reference to LSD, Lennon’s... More »

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music • Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band • obituary • John Lennon • Beatles • lupus • LSD • Julian Lennon

Kidnapper's Dad: My Son
Is a 'Crazy Person'

Manuel Garrido says LSD drove Phillip to madness

Aug 28, 09 1:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - The father of the man accused of kidnapping, raping, and imprisoning Jaycee Dugard says his son was a model youth—until he discovered acid, reports the Los Angeles Times. "Everyone loved him," Manuel Garrido says of Phillip, who played guitar in a band, cracked jokes, and always helped... More »

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drug addiction • kidnapping • rape • insanity • LSD • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido • Manuel Garrido • crazy

(AP) - Mexico has enacted a controversial law decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana, cocaine, heroin and other drugs while encouraging free government treatment for drug dependency. The law sets out maximum "personal use" amounts for drugs, also including LSD and methamphetamine. People detained with those quantities will no longer... More »

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drugs • Mexico • heroin • cocaine • marijuana • methamphetamine • recreational drugs • LSD

(Newser) - A Swiss psychiatrist has revived research into the use of LSD to treat emotional disorders after decades of neglect, Der Spiegel reports (unable to resist the headline "Tune In, Turn On, Cheer Up"). Albert Gasser, the first person to study the psychiatric use of the hallucinogen in 35... More »

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psychiatry • LSD • psychotherapy • psychedelic drugs • Albert Hofmann • hallucinogens

OPINION

 Twitter: LSD for Our Time 


Apr 20, 09 4:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - The parallels between Twitter and LSD are just too trippy for blogger Phil Baumann to ignore. “What was once a side project, a sort of laboratory experiment,” he writes, “has now seeped into the public domain and everyday more and more people are tripping tweeting.” Highlights... More »

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Britney Spears • Paul McCartney • drugs • Oprah Winfrey • Shaquille O'Neal • Peter Fonda • Ashton Kutcher • LSD • Timothy Leary • Twitter • hallucinogens • Phil Baumann • Cary Grant

 Those We Lost in 2008 


Dec 27, 08 8:00 AM CST
(Newser) - This year saw the passing of many notable people, from Paul Newman and Michael Crichton to William F. Buckley and designer Yves St. Laurent. Here are a few that made the lists of the NY Times and LA Times:
  • Tim Russert (b. 1950)—TV journalist and 16-year host of
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obituary • Tim Russert • Heath Ledger • Steve Fossett • LSD • World War I • Edmund Hillary • Charlton Heston • Paul Newman • George Carlin • Studs Terkel

Psychedelic Drug Tests Resume After Decades

LSD, 'shrooms studied for ill, depressed

Aug 12, 08 10:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - For the first time since the 1970s, scientists in several countries are studying the effects of psychedelic drugs like LSD in clinical trials, the Guardian reports. Researchers believe the long-stigmatized drugs may improve patients’ quality of life, helping them cope with the ravages of illness, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and even... More »

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medical research • LSD • clinical trials • experimental drugs • psychedelic drugs

 Final Trip for
 LSD Creator 

Chemist Albert Hofmann dies at 102

Apr 30, 08 2:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Swiss scientist who formulated LSD and unwittingly helped lay the foundation of  '60s drug culture has died of a heart attack at the age of 102. Albert Hofmann, who called LSD his "problem child," discovered its hallucinatory properties while working on heart stimulants, reports the Washington Post.... More »

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drugs • Novartis • Aldous Huxley • LSD • Timothy Leary • Albert Hofmann • drug culture • hallucinogens • Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies • Lysergic acid diethylamide • Ergot • Ernst Junger

Most Bizarre Science Projects

Elephants on acid, fake plane crashes among the worst

Nov 3, 07 10:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ever see an elephant on acid? The Guardian rounds up the most bizarre science experiments of all time, courtesy of New Scientist. Among them: a researcher who injected an elephant with LSD, via rifle, to see if the drug induced aggressiveness. The elephant died. Another involved telling plane passengers they... More »

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science experiment • LSD • New Scientist

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