Title: Drugs of hallucination: the uses and misuses of lysergic acid diethylamide
Publisher: Sacker & Warburg, London
Publication Date: 1965
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition:very good
Edition: First Edition

Hallucinogens, the drugs that induce visions and other abnormal states, and which include opium, heroin, mescaline and marihuana, have been very much in the news recently, Unhappily, it has been their more irresponsible uses that have been spotlighted. In this book Dr. Sidney Cohen tells with precision and restraint the story of the most interesting among them, tso. He has long worked with the drug under hospital conditions and is aware of its possibilities as well as its draw-backs. He gives detailed accounts of feelings induced by LSD in different subjects. He indicates the uses and possible uses of l so in lapping the unconscious or the abnormal mind, and the worth of this for psychothera-pists. He discusses mystical experiences and visions in terms of what we have learned from LSD and other drugs. In a fascinating chapter he discusses the possible wartime use of hallucinogens for non-lethal enervation of enemy forces and civilian populations while their territory is conquered; he shows that this would equally certainly lead to widespread death. "A pill does not construct character, educate the emotions, or improve intelligence," writes Dr. Cohen. "It is not, a spiritual labour-saving device, salvation, instant wisdom, or a short-cut to maturity. However, it can be an opportunity to experience oneself and the world in a new way—and to learn from it." The book is free of medical jargon and is a fiteeinating introduction to a field of medical research which has enormous potential. We all live in a world of sensation, and it is sensation itself that is illuminated here.
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