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The Art of Blotter Acid

JANE C. HU / The Microdose Jun 21, 2024 Author Erik Davis on the evolution of blotter art over four decades. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Book Excerpt

Allen Ginsberg Muses on His Role in the Birth of LSD Research

Benjamin Breen / The Microdose Mar 15, 2024 Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

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Photo Essay

Drop Acid…and Psychedelic Cluster Bombs?

Russell Hausfeld / Truthdig Dec 28, 2022 A photo essay of the U.S. military’s weaponization of hallucinogens, culminating in the stockpiling of super-psychedelic “BZ” cluster bombs. Dig deeper

Baba Ram Dass, Spiritual Guru and LSD Pioneer, Dies at 88

The Associated Press Dec 23, 2019 The 1960s counterculture spiritual leader and early LSD proponent is best known for the 1971 bestseller, "Be Here Now." Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Security Troops at U.S. Nuclear Missile Base Took LSD, Records Show

ROBERT BURNS / The Associated Press May 24, 2018 “Although this sounds like something from a movie, it isn’t,” says the lead prosecutor of one of six courts martial. None of the 14 airmen disciplined was accused of using drugs while on duty. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

The War on Drugs Is a Failure, so Jeff Sessions Is All for It

Emily Wells / Truthdig Jul 29, 2017 To some, the attorney general’s new policies look like an effort to wrap more chain around people of color and the poor. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

At 70, Baby Boomers Face a New Acid Test

Harvey Wasserman / Truthdig Dec 30, 2015 Can a generation that turned the world on its ear in so many ways conquer the cancer of corporate domination? Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Study: Alcohol More Harmful Than Crack

Staff / Truthdig Nov 2, 2010 Startling but true, according to one of those expert sources that make these kinds of pronouncements: Alcohol is more harmful to both users and those around them than crack cocaine. It's worse than heroin too. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Teachable Moments With Bill O’Reilly

Staff / Truthdig Jun 26, 2007 A high school student from Boulder, Colo., who appeared on "The O'Reilly Factor" to weigh in about a recent assembly at his school that featured frank discussions about sex and drugs successfully dammed the rising tide of outrage coming from Bill O'Reilly by taking a page from the Fox pundit's own book. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )