Hippies Counterculture

Hippies, more than just pot smokers. Why don't people today just become hippies? Wouldn't that make things nowadays easier and everyone would be happy with each other, possibly. There was a time period when the United States was at war and many people were against it and new ideas of living came up. During the 1960’s due to the United States being at war a new counterculture of young people began which was the “Hippie” culture.The lifestyle of hippies had a great impact in society, from illegal drugs to many young people being arrested.
During the hippie era many of the hippie were judged by the way they dressed but who wouldn't if all they wore was mostly loose clothes that were very colorful (Harris). Most hippies liked to purchase their …show more content…
Of course today our style has gotten so close to what it had been before from colorful shirts to girl wearing long skirts (Libaw). At this time during the sixties many young hippies were being arrested if seen in the streets casually walking because of how sketchy they would look. Hippies back then would be known for the excessive drug use (Harris). Policemen would arrest hippies because of assumptions they had of hippies carrying illegal drugs with them. The reason why many hippies began the use of drug use was because they believed that it would keep them in a peaceful state. The reason why they would want to stay in a relaxed mood was because they were pacifist and didn't like the idea of being at war. Eventho the behaviors of drug use was against the mainstream American Culture they would still smoke weed in public (Huff). LSD was a major illegal drug hippies would use and thought that once you took the drug you would reach a new world and get many ideas that would help them (Harris). Dope was also thought as good unlike the other drugs. Many hippies also started believing in some Native American religions and they would attend the Native