Jose Alberto Chavarin
Mr. Lewenstein
October 19, 2017
English 061
Psychedelic Sixties
Evil is like a cancer, it’s
not about watching others suffer. It’s about causing the suffering. It’s about
not caring about other’s wellbeing and it tends to feed off of bad vibes. Evil
is about getting what you want and send everything and everyone to hell if it
doesn’t go your way. The intentions of the government finding a way to
manipulate a town was evil, they deemed the drug bad and useless for not
filling their expectations. It altered people’s feelings with huge amounts of
LSD given to them without knowing. MK-Ultra is a proven event where the
government cared not for the safety of people in this town and proceeded with
test that left many sick and delusional. Mind control wasn’t achieved so the
drug was banned, self-interest and no sympathy is evil. Although LSD created a
great high for people, it also destroyed their lives.
Timothy Leary was a
Harvard professor who had a tough break through after losing his wife. In a
short vacation period to New Mexico he tried LSD for the first time. His exact
words were “it’s a life shattering
experience”, Leary became a spokesperson for LSD and believed it enhanced the
ability to think. As well as enhanced the ability to resolve problems in ways
that are not merely visible to the regular human being. This became the peak of
his spokesman’s career he proceeded to support the idea of new ways to think
and enhance the human brain. Paired with the Psychedelic Pioneers he made a major
impact on America’s youth and began on his famous quote “tune in turn on and
drop out” which implemented his use of LSD and how he believed the school
system was a failure and one can learn more on their own.
“What are the risks of
LSD?” States the good and bad trips a person can have while also alerting the
audience about the dangers of the drug. The author talks about the addiction it
causes when you have good trips, which leads to more and more doses of the
drug. While others can have the worst trip of their lives and end up mentally
ill for the rest of their lives and permanently paranoid. The author believes
that one should take proper caution while using this drug, because constant use
can result in deadly consequences. LSD can have some fatal consequences if one isn’t
careful with the dosages taken. Whenever I see a person that is a constant user
it saddens me how gone they are. Those who don’t keep their guard up will be
befriended by the drug and there’s no turning back from that. One should be really
careful especially when dealing with hallucinogenic drugs. An improper dosage
can even result in addiction. “Bad trips, can even last
up to twelve hours”. This
tells me how the author wants to let the readers know how important it is to be
careful when trying LSD and how it can potentially affect.
In 1930-1960 LSD was a
common pain reliever. Of course one had to consume the right amount and have to
put themselves through proper and adequate instructional time from doctors to
know how to use it effectively. There has been only addiction links between LSD
and its users if it is mixed with other drugs, the hallucinogen can in fact
treat severe pain with proper dosage. Using more than the recommended dosage
can affect the brain waves and afflict to more serious complications. One being
paranoia and another including the need/feel to always be on the drug. Doctors
have emphasized on why one shouldn’t use LSD unless you are supervised and have
a professional, in the medical field, next to you. As strange as it is the drug
can lead to triggers in the body that make you addicted to it, and can result
in horrible events. The amount of micrograms for a good trip is 150, after
addiction it is easy to fall in a fine line between a proper dosage and a
deadly one. Which often leads to death, without proper observation and no
safety precaution taken, once addicted to the drug it’s hard to stop taking
greater dosages than the previous before. This illegal drug, although deadly,
has many benefits to it and is manageable enough to prevent it from being a
reaper drug. In 1853 a devastating discovery was made, morphing and heroin were
discovered and so were opioids. This is a drug found in your common pain
killers it is a moderate morphine like substance that helps stimulate the body
and relieve pain. It can be prescribed by a doctor and can be obtained at a
pharmacy, but just like it’s siblings it can result in serious addiction.
Opioids have been a result of severe addiction, victims get addicted to the
soothing pain relief. In many occasions this step reached overdose, which is
common for those who are addicted to Opioids. Both drugs can have deadly
consequences and are both very much alike, though one is legal and one is not.
What caught my interest
for this topic was the fact that LSD was made illegal when at one point it had
the people unified and moving together. What many don’t realize is that the
experience shared when doing this drug was truly a bond at the time where
people wanted to know how you felt and why. Conducting research and trying to
find out what LSD’s full potential was the goal to all of its use. It’s a type
of drug that allows you to get better understanding of the world revolving
around you. At first I wasn’t so convinced about the whole “Psychedelic Sixties” November but after a
short amount of research and background checks I realized I was in the wrong
and I could possibly be convinced that the drug can have a positive outcome.
Upon gathering all the data I had received I noticed how LSD traces can be
found amongst the smartest people in the world some even go as big as Steve
Jobs and Bill Gates. I believe my position and stance on this drug has changed,
no longer would I find it wrong to use a hallucinogenic drug which can allow
more understanding and better stimulation than a prescription drug ever will.
This led us to misunderstand the potential effects this drug can have on
expanding our minds. “Allows me to solve problems in ways unimaginable” as
Hoffman says it can alter our universe and let us see things we are blind to
daily.
Works
Cited
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