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How LSD Works

Stuff You Should Know

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Dellisid, De Lisaid, and Delysid: A History of the Drug

In 1947 sandos started advertising it for use like psychiatrist you should get some of this stuff. 40,000 doses were given to patients 40,000 patients got doses just in the u.s alone. The thought was that you could skip years of psychotherapy with a good acid trip and a lot of people had this experience very famously carry grant was hugely into acid as a result of going to see as psychiatrist in Beverly Hills. There's a really great article from a few years back called carry in the sky with diamonds that I strongly recommend reading because it gives you a really glimpse of this era where everybody's taking LSD at their office for eight hours or more.

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