Trips How Hallucinagens Work in Your Brain

by Pellerin, Cheryl; Seefelt, Ellen; Crumb, R.

• ISBN13: 9781888363340
• ISBN10: 1888363347
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-11-03
• Publisher: Seven Stories Press

Summary

In an informed and irreverent exploration of what hasn't been told about the brain's mysterious ability to hallucinate, an award-winning, independent science writer details what neuroscientists, psychopharmacologists, medicinal chemists, and psychiatrists have learned about LSD and its effects on the brain in the 54 years since its discovery. 132 illustrations, 32 in color.

Author Biography

CHERYL PELLERIN is an independent science writer for broadcast and print. Her work appears regularly on the Discovery Channel and The Learning Channel.
R. CRUMB is an underground cartoonist and an American national treasure. He is the author of Robert Crumb’s Genesis, a fully illustrated edition of the first book of the Bible, and many legendary underground comics besides.

Table of Contents

PREFACE 20th Century, 15 Minutes `Til Closing	ix
PART I	3	(40)
Chapter 1 Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven, Nobody Wants to Die	3	(8)
Chapter 2 Just Think of It as Evolution in Action	11	(22)
Chapter 3 Early Research: Pioneers Are the Ones with Arrows in Their Backs	33	(10)
PART II	43	(62)
Chapter 4 The 1950s: Hallucinogens--As Close As You Get to Psychosis Without Being Psycho Yourself	43	(24)
Chapter 5 The 1960s: LSD--"Out of Kilter with the Basic Assumptions of Western Medicine"	67	(12)
Chapter 6 1970-1990: Animal Pharm--Rough on Rats	79	(10)
Chapter 7 1991-1993: Civilization Ho!	89	(16)
PART III	105	(100)
Chapter 8 LSD: Here Now	105	(20)
Chapter 9 The Rest of the Hallucinogens	125	(30)
Chapter 10 Gatekeepers: Your Government on Drugs	155	(18)
Chapter 11 Hallucinogen Research into the 21st Century	173	(10)
Chapter 12 Think or Die: The Real Problem with Hallucinogens	183	(22)
OTHER STUFF	205	(34)
Drug Use & Abuse: Internet Resources	205	(22)
Hallucinogen Profiles: Clocking Your Ground Speed	227	(12)
BIBLIOGRAPHY	239	(4)
NOTES	243	(7)
INDEX	250	(10)
PICTURE CREDITS	260