As the music scene embraced psychedelics, they also attracted negative attention from authorities.
This is psychedelics frustrating story of artistic and spiritual excess at the expense of scientific progress.
This discovery prompted further investigation into LSDs psychological effects, with Hofmann recognizing its potential for profound therapeutic applications.
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In the 1950s, ethnomycologist Gordon Wasson brought psilocybin mushroomsto Western attentionafter participating in indigenous rituals in Mexico.
Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band.
Media outlets fanned the flames of fear with tales of bad trips and societal breakdown.
Public anxieties rose, fueled by stories ofLSD-laced Kool-Aidand free clinics handing out mind-altering substances.
The psychedelic party came to a screeching halt in the early 70s.
The resulting research shutdownprevented the advancementof our scientific understanding of psychedelics for several decades.
A generation of scientists lost the chance to gather long-term data on the therapeutic impact of psychedelics.
The intertwining of psychedelics with 1960s counterculture and music had profound and unfortunate consequences.
Psychedelic music and its ideals of peace, love and expanded consciousness continue to inspire new generations.
