Psychedelics often produce psychotic and even violent behavior
in those that have never used them.
Timothy Leary
Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more
damaging to an individual that the use of the drug itself.
President Jimmy Carter, 2-August-1977
We felt the effects of herb were so dangerous that it was better
to lie to the american public to save them rather than tell them
the truth...
Partnership for a Drug Free America
Be compassionate: Don't say "straight", say "psychedelically challenged"!
Last Friday, April 16, 1943, I was forced to interrupt my work in the
laboratory in the middle of the afternoon and proceed home, being affected
by a remarkable restlessness, combined with a slight diziness. At home I
lay down and sank into a not unpleasant intoxicated-like condition, character-
ized by an extremely stimulated imagination. In a dremlike state, with eyes
closed (I found the daylight to be unpleasantly glaring), I perceived an un-
interrupted stream of fantastic pictures, extraordinary shapes with intense,
kaleidoscopic play of colors.
Albert Hofmann