Harvard Professor Speaks Out on “Mind Drug” Controversy
May 28, 1963 - Dr. Richard Alpert (left) denied today that he had broken faith with Harvard University by involving an undergraduate in a...
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- May 27
Harvard To Fire Psych Professor over “Mind Drug” Experiments
May 27, 1963 - Harvard University will reportedly dismiss a clinical professor of psychology June 30 for testing so-called...
- Apr 24
NYC Cracks Down on Glue-Sniffing
Apr. 24, 1963 - New York City’s Health Code will be amended next month in an effort to control the growing, harmful practice of...
- Apr 16
Dr. Leary Touts “Mind Drug” LSD-25
Apr. 16, 1963 - Dr. Timothy Leary, the Harvard psychologist who believes in the ability of certain drugs to free men’s minds, announced...
- Mar 28
Jazz Trumpeter Chet Baker Deported from Britain
Mar. 28, 1963 - American jazz trumpet player Chet Baker has been deported from Great Britain to France, the British home office announced...
- Mar 22
Governor Connally Grants Parole to Candy Barr
Mar. 22, 1963 - Texas Governor John B. Connally today granted parole to former Dallas striptease dancer Candy Barr (pictured at Dallas...
- Mar 6
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy Backs California A.G. on Drug-Smuggling Prevention
Mar. 6, 1963 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy (pictured with John F. Kennedy Jr.) assured California Attorney General Stanley Mosk...
- Feb 23
Comedian Lenny Bruce Arrested on Drug Charge
Feb. 23, 1963 - Comedian Lenny Bruce (left), 37, was arrested early today on suspicion of possessing heroin. The so-called “sick”...
- Feb 19
Teen Claims Glue-Sniffing Addiction
Feb. 19, 1963 - A 19-year-old youth in Salinas, California who claimed he was addicted to sniffing glue has been committed to Patton...
- Dec 13, 2022
Two Harvard Psychiatrists Say Charges Against LSD “Mind Drug” Are “Reckless and Inaccurate”
Dec. 13, 1962 - Two Harvard psychiatrists charged that statements made by Dean John Munro in an effort to stop the use of “mind drugs”...
- Dec 12, 2022
California Psychiatrists Issue Warning on LSD “Mind Drug”
Dec. 12, 1962 - Alarmed by the increasing use of a hallucinatory drug, LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide), by unqualified persons and at...
- Nov 29, 2022
Verdict Reached in California Peyote Trial
Nov. 29, 1962 - Indians cannot plead religious freedom as a ground for eating a vision-producing cactus plant banned by state law, the...
- Nov 28, 2022
Harvard Issues Warning on “Mind-Distorting” Drugs
Nov. 28, 1962 - A formal warning about the dangers of “mind-distorting drugs” was issued to undergraduates of Harvard College today....
- Nov 13, 2022
Peyote Trial Underway in California
Nov. 13, 1962 - An Indian’s right to eat vision-inducing cactus buds in half-Christian, half-pagan ceremonies was defended in California...
- Oct 10, 2022
President Kennedy Signs New Drug Bill
Oct. 10, 1962 - President Kennedy signed a new drug bill today that he said would help provide safe and more effective drugs to the...
- Oct 5, 2022
Lenny Bruce Arrest on Drug Charge
Oct. 5, 1962 - Comedian Lenny Bruce (pictured) and Robert Coogan, brother of former child star Jackie Coogan, were arrested in North...
- Sep 13, 2022
Illinois Doc Calls U.S. “Nation of Pill Swallowers”
Sept. 13, 1962 - A health commissioner said today that the United States was a “nation of pill swallowers,” that this was dangerous, and...
- Aug 29, 2022
Thalidomide Caused 10,000 Birth Deformities in West Germany
Aug. 29, 1962 - The West German Federal Health Ministry announced today that the sleep-inducing drug Thalidomide had caused about 10,000...
- Aug 16, 2022
French Film Star Bella Darvi Overdoses on Barbiturates in Monte Carlo
Aug. 16, 1962 - Bella Darvi (pictured), the French motion picture actress, was found unconscious before dawn today in her hotel room in...
- Jul 31, 2022
Arizona Television Host Who Took Thalidomide Seeks Abortion
July 31, 1962 - Mrs. Sherri Finkbine (pictured), host of the Arizona edition of the nationally syndicated television show “Romper Room,”...
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