In the late 1930’s Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann synthesized LSD-25 for Sandoz Pharmaceutical in Basel, Switzerland. On April 19, 1943 Mr. Hofmann became the first human to consume the drug after accidentally ingesting a small amount through his skin during research. For the sole purpose of furthering the educational integrity of the project Albert Hofmann was the first person on earth to experience an acid trip. April 19th, 1943 has been dubbed by users of the drug as Bicycle day, and to millions of people across the globe this is be considered to be one of the more important days in human history. According to recreational, spiritual or therapeutic users of the drug, LSD is a proverbial double-edged sword, causing both undeniably profound and momentous comprehension of existence
ORan intensely nightmarish retrospective fueled by the part of the mind that stores all of our hard to reach emotional baggage. The latter is referred to as a “Bad trip” and is often times accompanied by anxiety attacks, psychosis and incomprehension of time, space and reality.
To many, the question is why would so many of us jump out at the opportunity to put ourselves at the risk of experiencing these horrendous side-effects? Perhaps the desire to alter the droning reality created by modern man has caused mankind to ultimately overcome our fear of becoming estranged; all the same, the domination of this particular fear has caused the
American Hierarchy to become more fearful of the conventional. A drug that can cause one to break free from the routine thought process set aside for us by our “leaders” could not possibly have a place in this prefabricated society. LSD, when used properly is capable of treating and curing several different types of psychological ailments. It can also cause that same process of thought, the normal day to day mentation instilled within Americans from birth, to become overwhelming, frightening and generally agonizing. This dilemma has been analyzed by countless Psychedelic specialists, most of which do not necessarily consider unpleasant cognitive content while under the influence of LSD as threatening or negative, instead focusing on the advantage to the patient when the experience has been properly resolved.
Now, with that in mind, Why not use LSD to pacify the minds of those living with incapacitating mental disabilities? Those aware of the therapeutic value of LSD find the situation absolutely preposterous and the fact is that there are organizations preventing this potential cure from reaching those who are suffering from conditions such as Post-traumatic stress syndrome. Conceivably, the people of such organizations would rather allow millions to suffer through a life mental instability as opposed to journey into the unconventional. The sum of this debate can be broken down into one simple word: Fear. The fear of LSD induced alterations to the social order, the fear that LSD may come into the possession of our beloved children and alter their perception of the world that they have established instead of allowing them differentiate social rights and wrongs for themselves.
As of 2008, Life as we know it has been boiled down to 3 basic entities; fear, consume and perpetuate. I believe that unless this vicious cycle is broken soon, mankind will suffer a fate much worse than anything that we could ever comprehend.
In the late 1950’s, all around the world people began to break the cycle by experimenting with avant-garde paragons such as Anti-materialism and anarchism. Soon after, psychoactive drugs came into the picture. The innovative youth of the Beat generation began using marijuana for its creativity enhancing properties therefore rejecting the traditional alcohol and nicotine. The Beat’s preferred radical thought, Jazz music and self-determination to the cookie cutter lifestyle that post-war America had provided for them in an attempt to establish a more stable environment. This was a catalyst for the rapid upheaval of Americana, forever changing the zeitgeist. Just imagine yourself as a young person growing up in a society similar to an episode of “Leave it to beaver”, with no notion of what psychoactive drugs are (or what they do, for that matter) or what it means to be completely liberated from the social order. The youth growing up in the wonder bread culture of 1950’s suburbia, viewed the writings of authors Allen Ginsberg,
Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs and others of the era, as an escape from the conservative beliefs of their parents.
The use of drugs such as Marijuana enabled this mindset to spread throughout the United States and in 1959, author Allen Ginsberg used LSD. As insignificant as it may seem, this very well may have been the vehicle for the eruption of individualism brought on by the 1960’s. The first documented availability of LSD on the streets was in 1963, just about the time the hippie movement was beginning to explode throughout the world. The world as we knew it would never be the same.
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