{"id":209,"date":"2021-09-13T19:39:22","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T19:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/historyofmentalhealth.janisshurtleff.com\/blog\/?p=67"},"modified":"2021-09-13T19:39:22","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T19:39:22","slug":"1960s-the-psychedelic-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.mcclurken.org\/HistoryOfMentalHealth\/uncategorized\/1960s-the-psychedelic-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"1960\u2019s &amp; the psychedelic debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr.: The World of LSD\" width=\"880\" height=\"660\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BnoCHlybAnU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>For my project I will be focusing on the therapeutic use of psychedelics as discovered during the 1960s and the revival (and continued stigma) of the practice in modern medicine.\u00a0 This primary source is an episode from April 1967 of the talk show Firing Line hosted by William F. Buckley Jr.\u00a0 Buckley is interviewing the eccentric psychologist Timothy Leary about his own philosophy and practice of using LSD.\u00a0 The interview is significant for the debate over the legality of Leary\u2019s advocation, as a licensed professional, for the illegal drug and its potential danger.\u00a0 Leary\u2019s counterargument is that while LSD should provide a warning label, there should not be a law prohibiting its use due to its ability to open one\u2019s mind and potentially open a door to a happier perspective.\u00a0 The argument is further complicated by Leary\u2019s imposition of spirituality on the mental state of tripping which Buckley argues is further evident of the danger of LSD.\u00a0 Buckley believed that the heightened state of consciousness could cause a \u201cnot-well-adjusted person\u201d to develop a reliance of escapism or addiction to the drug.\u00a0 Leary makes a number of declarations to the future of LSD use which will be interesting to explore during this project. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For my project I will be focusing on the therapeutic use of psychedelics as discovered during the 1960s and the<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/historyofmentalhealth.janisshurtleff.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/1960s-the-psychedelic-debate\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">1960\u2019s &amp; the psychedelic debate<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.mcclurken.org\/HistoryOfMentalHealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.mcclurken.org\/HistoryOfMentalHealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.mcclurken.org\/HistoryOfMentalHealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.mcclurken.org\/HistoryOfMentalHealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.mcclurken.org\/HistoryOfMentalHealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/courses.mcclurken.org\/HistoryOfMentalHealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":301,"href":"https:\/\/courses.mcclurken.org\/HistoryOfMentalHealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209\/revisions\/301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.mcclurken.org\/HistoryOfMentalHealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.mcclurken.org\/HistoryOfMentalHealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.mcclurken.org\/HistoryOfMentalHealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}