Mescaline

From the beginning of time, it has been bred into our lives to incessantly create patterns that help form a basis of reality and how to adapt to that reality. During the earliest times of human existence, we were faced with the burden of overcoming the harsh realities of the world and have strived to create certain ideologies in order to survive. This created a sense of anxiety that was essential to human nature. However, as the world progressed, this anxiety translated from analyzing and…

Ever since the early 1900’s, marijuana has been shrouded in a cloak of mystery and the potential for danger. Scientists dismissed it as nothing more than a simple narcotic, until now. Modern science has been able to peel back a layer from what medical marijuana could do the medical field. Medical marijuana is becoming more and more accepted across america as evidence for it usefulness and potential become more apparent. Since the beginning of recorded history mankind has been cultivating the…

When MDMA is mentioned, people automatically think “party drug”. Although that may be true in many cases, MDMA is also used therapeutically. Methylenedioxy-N-methamphetamine, also known as Ecstasy, is a phenethylamine that includes mescaline and methamphetamine (Bouso, Doblin, Farré, and Alcázar 2008). According to Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary (2012), “MDMA was first synthesized for use as an appetite suppressant, but because of its high incidence of severe side effects it was never…

Many people find themselves misinformed regarding what exactly happened to the hippies of the late 60’s and 70’s. The belief that the psyconautical, tie-dye sporting, van-driving, happy-go-lucky counterculture has hence been disbanded is a common misconception. All that has occurred is the divergent evolution of a community. More clearly, for the predecessor breed, some did stay loyal to the soft, spacey, feel-good rock of the era like “The Grateful Dead,” and Jimi Hendrix. Then with the turn…

similar effect; Huxley looked for “drugs that would release [the] mind [and make one] forget [his or her] problems [and] escape from the present [with] no negative effect” (Bradshaw). Personally, Huxley found these through uses of drugs such as mescaline and LSD. Searching for the “perfect drug”, Huxley created the fictional soma to suffice for his failure to find a truly perfect drug. Huxley’s obsession with drugs and dedication towards discovering the “perfect drug” is exemplified in his…

Consciousness I am a white millennial in 2016 taking a college course on African American rhetoric and oratory, and this has been a time to learn about the importance of consciousness in every aspect of life. There’s a rap song on the radio, do you pay attention to how conscious the artist is and do you understand the lyrics? Walking into class I am not thinking about which artist has the best pace, to me it is about the consciousness of the words. It is about books such as Prophets of Hood and…

This paper will be re-analyzing the Duffy Speech, made by Senator Mike Duffy, the two methods that will be utilized in this paper are the gender analysis by Deborah Tannen’s and the Critical discourse analysis by Norman Fairclough, Ruth Wodak and Teun A. van Dijk. These test methods are similar for they are both trying to uncover and expose the meaning/reasoning behind the usage of certain dialects. A short summary of Mike Duffy’s speech; Senator Mike Duffy was accused of taking money from…

It was common to be handed a pill that would make them feel groovy. The act of experimenting with drugs was seen as liberation and total rebellion. Many new drugs such as MDMA, purple haze, orange sunshine, synthetic mescaline, STP and many more drugs were invented. Many hippies tried to get their hands on any drug that was available to them, including marijuana, cocaine and methamphetamines. However, the reason that drugs became so popular in 1960’s America was due to…

Thesis and stuff By Brittany Koppes Mrs. Manternach Composition I 17 November 2017 Page Break Ken Kesey's novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, illustrated many of the society's problems in the 1960s after being published in 1962. Kesey's novel went into detail about the mental institutions and how the patients were treated in an insane asylum in Oregon. Events that happened to Kesey throughout his childhood and adult life reflect…

drugs have been a significance to cultic events to make them get closer to their god. Due to, the affects that the drugs have on their brains they feel as though they are more connected to their god. Drugs such as, LSD, mushrooms, Zoroastrians, and mescaline these drug make the person have eccentric visions and spiritual…