Word: acids
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...were to flow in a sparkling river before my eyes." He predicted "a perilous reign of the mescal habit when this agent becomes attainable." To some, it seems that the perilous reign has begun-not through Mitchell's bitter buttons but through their enormously more powerful relative, lysergic acid diethylamide...
...during the past year. A Hollywood mogul, a Broadway producer and a noted drama critic all agree that 60% of stage and screen performers are using it. Los Angeles has a dance joint called The Trip, and until recently featured one called Lysergic a Go-Go. "Acid heads" are apt to "turn on" in walk-up pads and ride-up penthouses-but seldom in slums, where people want their escape straight rather than disguised as "insights" or "breakthroughs." LSD so far is strictly a middle-class phenomenon...
...would only cut off the supply for legitimate research. (This has already partially happened because of LSD's notoriety.) Besides, it is argued, the situation can be handled by merely sharpening existing rules, to prohibit the unregistered manufacture, traffic and sale of LSD and its basic ingredient, lysergic acid...
...acid, which is difficult to make (it is derived from ergot, a cereal fungus), continues to be smuggled in from Canada, Mexico and Europe. Given the acid to start with, LSD is relatively easy to cook up for anyone with a working knowledge of chemistry. Essentially, what is required is a batch of lysergic acid dissolved in some other chemicals plus a solution of diethylamine (a volatile liquid used in processes like vulcanizing). The two batches, cooled to freezing and stirred together, result in a solution that contains LSD. The trick is to extract the LSD from the solution. This...
...suffer dangerously psychotic effects. Goddard argued that present federal laws are sufficient to control the commercial manufacture and sale of LSD-the only legal supplier of which at present is the National Institute of Mental Health. And he vowed to take steps to dry up sources of lysergic acid, the basic ingredient from which LSD is made, and which is itself far more complicated to produce. Domestic production of lysergic acid is now strictly regulated, and the Government plans to stem imports...