1960s Timeline

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Jul 26, 2023

Marie (The Body) McDonald Guilty of Prescription Forgery

July 26, 1963 - Entertainer Marie (The Body) McDonald (pictured in 1948) pleaded guilty today in Van Nuys, Calif., to prescription...

Feb 23, 2023

Comedian Lenny Bruce Arrested on Drug Charge

Feb. 23, 1963 - Comedian Lenny Bruce (left), 37, was arrested early today on suspicion of possessing heroin. The so-called “sick”...

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...

Feb 25, 2022

Massive Heroin Bust in the Bronx

Feb. 25, 1962 - New York City detectives and Federal narcotics agents seized pure heroin worth $20 million last night after subduing a...

Oct 21, 2021

TV: George C. Scott Plays Drug-Addicted Doctor on “Ben Casey”

Oct. 21, 1961 - There will not be much variety this week in the dramatic themes of television adventure and crime shows on ABC. Four...

Aug 13, 2021

FDA Demands Restrictions on "Pep Pills"

Aug. 13, 1961 - Commissioner George P. Larrick of the Food and Drug Administration said today that stricter laws were needed to control...