Harvard Professor Speaks Out on “Mind Drug” Controversy
May 28, 1963 - Dr. Richard Alpert (left) denied today that he had broken faith with Harvard University by involving an undergraduate in a...
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May 27, 2023
Harvard To Fire Psych Professor over “Mind Drug” Experiments
May 27, 1963 - Harvard University will reportedly dismiss a clinical professor of psychology June 30 for testing so-called...
Apr 16, 2023
Dr. Leary Touts “Mind Drug” LSD-25
Apr. 16, 1963 - Dr. Timothy Leary, the Harvard psychologist who believes in the ability of certain drugs to free men’s minds, announced...
Dec 13, 2022
Two Harvard Psychiatrists Say Charges Against LSD “Mind Drug” Are “Reckless and Inaccurate”
Dec. 13, 1962 - Two Harvard psychiatrists charged that statements made by Dean John Munro in an effort to stop the use of “mind drugs”...
Dec 12, 2022
California Psychiatrists Issue Warning on LSD “Mind Drug”
Dec. 12, 1962 - Alarmed by the increasing use of a hallucinatory drug, LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide), by unqualified persons and at...
Nov 28, 2022
Harvard Issues Warning on “Mind-Distorting” Drugs
Nov. 28, 1962 - A formal warning about the dangers of “mind-distorting drugs” was issued to undergraduates of Harvard College today....
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