8. Psychedelic Drug Research, the CIA, and the ’60s Counterculture

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. List of Figures ix
4. Acknowledgements xi
5. Introduction 1
6. PART ONE: PSYCHEDELIC SCIENCE: THE SASKATCHEWAN EXPERIMENTS (1951–61)
7. Introduction 39
8. 1. Model Psychoses and the Adrenochrome Hypothesis 43
9. 2. Psychiatric Paradigm Clash 75
10. 3. Beginning Hallucinogenic Therapy 91
11. 4. The Other World: Psychedelic Therapy 111
12. 5. New Frontiers in Psychedelic Research 133
13. PART TWO: THE SCIENTIFIC FALLOUT: PSYCHEDELIC SCIENCE ON TRIAL (1961–75)
14. Introduction 170
15. 6. The Great Schizophrenia Controversy 179
16. 7. LSD: A New Hope for Alcoholism? 223
17. 8. Psychedelic Drug Research, the CIA, and the ’60s Counterculture 257
18. Epilogue 307
19. Notes 321
20. References 359
21. INDEX 383
22. About the author 398