Comments on: Thank you, Dr. Hofmann http://cloudsurfing.gdhour.com/archives/835 Grateful Dead Hour, Dead to the World (KPFA), the music of David Gans, and more. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:33:53 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: david http://cloudsurfing.gdhour.com/archives/835/comment-page-1#comment-28325 david Thu, 01 May 2008 03:15:57 +0000 http://cloudsurfing.gdhour.com/?p=835#comment-28325 When Shulgin refers to "our generation," he is referring to a generation older than that of us boomers and post-boomers. Sasha is in his early 80s. When Shulgin refers to “our generation,” he is referring to a generation older than that of us boomers and post-boomers. Sasha is in his early 80s.

]]> By: cousinkix1953 http://cloudsurfing.gdhour.com/archives/835/comment-page-1#comment-28324 cousinkix1953 Thu, 01 May 2008 00:14:39 +0000 http://cloudsurfing.gdhour.com/?p=835#comment-28324 “Our generation is the first, ever, to have made the search for self-awareness a crime." It wasn't us. The World War II generation (our parents) were running the country in the 60s. The state of California was the first to ban LSD in October of 1966. Ronald Reagan couldn't wait to sign this biil shortly after winning the gubenatorial election. The Gipper campaigned against Ken Kesey, the Merry Pranksters and those Grateful Dead concerts in San Francisco. Portions of his rants can be found on the internet. A bunch of teenagers under 21, couldn't even vote at the time; so you can't blame them for the results, or those drug laws enacted before 1972... “Our generation is the first, ever, to have made the search for self-awareness a crime.”

It wasn’t us. The World War II generation (our parents) were running the country in the 60s. The state of California was the first to ban LSD in October of 1966. Ronald Reagan couldn’t wait to sign this biil shortly after winning the gubenatorial election.

The Gipper campaigned against Ken Kesey, the Merry Pranksters and those Grateful Dead concerts in San Francisco. Portions of his rants can be found on the internet. A bunch of teenagers under 21, couldn’t even vote at the time; so you can’t blame them for the results, or those drug laws enacted before 1972…

]]> By: Barry Barnes http://cloudsurfing.gdhour.com/archives/835/comment-page-1#comment-28321 Barry Barnes Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:06:44 +0000 http://cloudsurfing.gdhour.com/?p=835#comment-28321 Both CNN and Yahoo News had information that appeared to have been written in 1978 rather than 2008. It's unfortunate that the press still has such an uninformed, negative position. I'm reminded of the book "Licit & Illicit Drugs" published by Consumers Union in 1972 where they very carefully examined all the drugs used in America at that time including caffeine and nicotine as well as marijuana and LSD. They concluded 36 years ago that the horror stories associated with LSD were often figments of the press and that LSD use had "not benefited users as much as they suppose -- nor has it damaged them as much as has been alleged." (p. 535) They also concluded that nicotine represented the most serious drug problem at that time. Both CNN and Yahoo News had information that appeared to have been written in 1978 rather than 2008. It’s unfortunate that the press still has such an uninformed, negative position.

I’m reminded of the book “Licit & Illicit Drugs” published by Consumers Union in 1972 where they very carefully examined all the drugs used in America at that time including caffeine and nicotine as well as marijuana and LSD. They concluded 36 years ago that the horror stories associated with LSD were often figments of the press and that LSD use had “not benefited users as much as they suppose — nor has it damaged them as much as has been alleged.” (p. 535) They also concluded that nicotine represented the most serious drug problem at that time.

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