Psychedelic revolutionaries : LSD and the birth of hallucinogenic research /
P.W. Barber.
- Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada : University of Regina Press, (c)2018.
- 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Model psychoses and the adrenochrome hypothesis -- Psychiatric paradigm clash -- Beginning hallucinogenic therapy -- The other world : psychedelic therapy -- New frontiers in psychedelic research -- The great schizophrenia controversy -- LSD : a new hope for alcoholism? -- Psychedelic drug research, the CIA, and the '60s counterculture.
"Psychedelic Revolutionaries recounts the history of hallucinogenic-drug research in Saskatchewan, and the pioneering work of Humphry Osmond, Abram Hoffer, and Duncan Blewett. They broke new ground in the 1950s and '60s in the use of hallucinogens, like mescaline and LSD, and the development of treatments for alcoholism and schizophrenia--until Timothy Leary hit the scene and undermined everything with his public pronouncements. Delving into the experiments, the researchers, as well as connections to notables like Aldous Huxley, Linus Pauling, and Alcoholics Anonymous Co-Founder Bill W, Psychedelic Revolutionaries examines popularly held myths surrounding the drugs. It shows how the Saskatchewan research made extensive contributions to this scientific field and led to radical innovations in mental health, many of which have applications and relevance today."--