Scientist Albert Hoffman’s synthesis of LSD-25 in 1938 was hailed as a miracle psychopharmaceutical throughout the 1950s and studied by Harvard University and others for use in psychiatric treatment.

Grim’s candid investigation of the controversial chemical includes CIA, counter-culture, and medical interest and contention through the present. Explores Native-American shamanism, psylocibin, and ayahuasca. And the intellectuals and institutions behind its renaissance.

Marker 1- 25:40. Ayahuasca. DMT. Religious Use.

Marker 2- 40.07. Cptn Tripps. CIA. Timothy Leary. Rose of Paracelsus