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Utopiates (Hardcover)
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LSD belongs to the class of drugs that, taken orally, can produce
dramatic psychological experiences. There appears to be a wide
range of response to LSD. Commonly there are reports of sensory
changes, extreme variations in strong emotions, new perspectives
about oneself, changed views of-and feelings toward-other people,
changes from prior chronic situations, shifts in interest, and new
integrative experiences which may be delusional or mystically
religious. The contributors to this volume, which was first
published in 1965, accent the culture that embraces LSD. They
marshal evidence that the effects of any drug tend to be in keeping
with the values of the culture or subculture in which it is used,
or if the user's wish is to express rebellion or dissidence, the
effect will stand in opposition to prevailing values. The same
substance has different effects in different cultures; and the same
effects may be achieved with different substances. In the past,
alcohol was hailed in much the same way as LSD. There was even a
time when coffee was brought under the same kind of proscription
that today holds for opiates. Such conflicts in values and morals
continue with a new generation of drugs, which makes this volume
especially relevant. What could be done was an open issue at the
time this book was first published. The contributors encourage
citizens, scientists, physicians, mystics, ministers, lawmakers and
lawmen, drug users and abstainers, to learn and to think more about
the phenomena of drug use and to develop plans for social action.
This volume stresses the need to develop a policy regarding the
handling of classes of drugs and drug users. Although LSD has
fallen in favor as a drug of choice for those interested in
experimentation, the issues raised in this volume remain with us.
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