Trips How Hallucinagens Work in Your Brain

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.

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.

PREFACE 20th Century, 15 Minutes `Til Closing

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PART I

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Chapter 1 Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven, Nobody Wants to Die

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Chapter 2 Just Think of It as Evolution in Action

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Chapter 3 Early Research: Pioneers Are the Ones with Arrows in Their Backs

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PART II

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Chapter 4 The 1950s: Hallucinogens--As Close As You Get to Psychosis Without Being Psycho Yourself

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Chapter 5 The 1960s: LSD--"Out of Kilter with the Basic Assumptions of Western Medicine"

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Chapter 6 1970-1990: Animal Pharm--Rough on Rats

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Chapter 7 1991-1993: Civilization Ho!

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PART III

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Chapter 8 LSD: Here Now

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Chapter 9 The Rest of the Hallucinogens

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Chapter 10 Gatekeepers: Your Government on Drugs

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Chapter 11 Hallucinogen Research into the 21st Century

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Chapter 12 Think or Die: The Real Problem with Hallucinogens

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OTHER STUFF

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Drug Use & Abuse: Internet Resources

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Hallucinogen Profiles: Clocking Your Ground Speed

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

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NOTES

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INDEX

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PICTURE CREDITS

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