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20 Cards in this Set
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On which part of the world grow the most hallucinogenic plants?
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In the subtropical and tropical zones of the New World
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What are some New World hallucinogens?
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Ayahuasca, Datura, Virola snuff
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What is a Shaman?
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Shaman means "master of spirits". He is a religious and ritual specialist and healer. He can change state of consciousness to communicate with spirits.
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What are functions of shamans?
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1)Community functions:
- Mediator between supernatural and community. Communicates to spirits for the benefit of the community. - Healer: A shaman can diagnose an illness. He can visualise the causes and battle them through supernatural forces. 2) Personal/ spiritual: Religious awareness |
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Who discovered LSD?
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Dr. Albert Hofmann first found LSD from ergot (fungus on rye).
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Who is General William Donovan?
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Chief of the Office of Strategic Services, he led a top secret research program called "speech inducing drug" for intelligence operations.
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Why was the CIA interested in LSD
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LSD was thought to be the most promising truth drug.
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What is the operation Artichoke?
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Agents are send to all corners of the world to find psychoactive drugs.
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In the 1950's, 60's, why did the army tested LSD on soldiers?
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They wanted to test LSD as an anxiety- producing drug and developed a madness gas.
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What was the program called after ARTICHOKE?
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MK- ULTRA. LSD had to be tested on public to see whether people act strangely, e.g. CIA christmas party- LSD in punch.
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What do you know about George Hunter White
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He was hired by the CIA to set up safehouses in New York and San Francisco.
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How did he observe people's behaviour?
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He invited them to his apartment and slipped them LSD in their drinks.
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What is OMC (operation Midnight Climax)?
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1955: Prostitutes hired to pick up men and bring them to a CIA- financed brothel. They gave the men LSD with their drinks while White was watching behind two way mirror.
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What are moral entrepreneurs?
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An individual or a group of people adapting and maintaining a norm.
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Who was the first moral entrepreneur for LSD?
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Adolus Huxley
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Huxley's theory of the brain is eliminative. What does that mean?
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The brain has a screening mechanism that tries to protect us from useless and irrelevant knowledge. Hallucinogens by pass this process and intensify visual impressions and a deep perception of color.
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Define "psychedelic"
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"Mind- manifesting" --> The mind elicits what is unconscious and latent.
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What do you know about the moral entrepreneur Leary?
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He had a very religious experience with LSD (god spoke to him) and wanted to bring LSD to the mass. He popularized it and was also called Mr. LSD. He (and Alpert) also founded the Millbrook commune.
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What determines the experience of drug use?
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Drug, set and setting
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What was it that Huxley and Leary tried to rebel against?
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Scientific bias- scientific approach does not consider that people may take LSD for religious or spiritual reasons.
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