Timothy Leary

The pharmaceutical industry has very little fear of repercussions and the best example may be how OxyContin competes for sales with black market heroin. OxyContin is a synthetic opiate that is supposed to be prescribed strictly for severe pain. As you may remember, OxyContin used to be the drug of choice for the former drug war advocate Rush Limbaugh. Limbaugh’s story clearly touches upon some of the hypocritical aspects of the drug war. Mind you, he was a fully functional drug addict who harmed…

doors of perception, LSD was the perfect drug for that. Marc Lewis described LSD as a craving for freedom which is one of the reasons it attracted the counterculture. LSD could show a person where they are or where they’ve been. Ken Kesey and Timothy Leary were two men during the 60’s who helped create the LSD image in the counterculture and made it a symbol to a generation who were seeking change. Young people were going on what they called “trips” which is how they expressed what happened on…

time were vocal advocates for the legalization of drug use, and at times victims of addiction” (“University of Delaware”). They most commonly tried newly found synthetic compounds such as LSD, which is a hallucinogenic drug. Aldous Huxley and Timothy Leary, said that the psychedelic ‘trip’ involved a return to childhood, and even to infancy. According to William Burroughs, drugs were a means of ‘deconditioning’ the mind, and throwing off the rigid, one-dimensional constraints of adulthood…

During the Cold War tensions between the United States and the Soviet union escalated because of the political ideologies of democracy and communism. In the case of the Vietnam war the US government backed south vietnam ed by the nationalist Ngo Dinh Diem and the communist led north vietnam, two halves which claimed to be the rightful leaders. In the midst of the Vietnam war the Sixties became the essential period in both revolutionizing social norms and ending the Vietnam war. The…

explosives, and would plant and detonate bombs overnight in unoccupied public buildings—police departments, banks, courthouses, army bases, and eventually the Pentagon and the US Capitol. (Jacobs, 1997) In 1970, they broke counterculture leader Timothy Leary out of a state prison. In the span of just seven years, the Weather Underground committed countless violent acts throughout the country, grabbing headlines and leaving bodies in their wake. Failed explosives claimed the lives of several…

Music is one of the most well-known forms of protest. Song allows millions of people to connect through lyrics they believe in. Although it may be controversial, musicians are able to use their platforms to raise awareness about anything they deem necessary (Berkin 3). According to Mikal Gilmore, music in the 1960s “enriched a progressive struggle that is far from over.” (Gilmore 22).Throughout the 1960s, different styles of music influenced and reflected social aspects such as war, racism, and…

Extended Essay English Language and Literature “To what extent did The Velvet Underground & Nico's 'Banana album' relate the social, political and cultural landscape of its time and how?” Arthur Vandervoort: (Candidate Number) Supervisor: Jonathan Jones Session: May 2015 Word Count: Citation Style: Chicago Abstract: Table of Contents Page 1 Title Page 2 Abstract 3 Table of Contents 4 Introduction 5 “Not since the Titanic ran into that iceberg has there been such a collision as…

Research and technology have increased awareness of addiction processes work, with advanced achievement in the discovery and the mapping of neurotransmitters and hormones which strongly affect our feelings and inclinations. These new aspects of endocrine and nervous system function are key to the increased understanding of addiction. They have major roles in perception, cognition, and expression. But more importantly, they regulate and determine moods, emotions and motivations. Here is where…