How To Go Out of Your Mind: The LSD Crisis (1966)
• August 28th, 1966 • 0h 55min
Documentary, TV Movie
Overview
Back in the 1960's a former Harvard professor stopped giving A's, B's and C's and started handing out LSD. his name was Timothy Leary and he was at the center of a controversy in North America over the growing use of psychedelic drugs. Leary ran a research center in New York state where young people took 'acid' while he took notes. The media took notice.
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