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[[File:War on drugs Psychedelics.jpg|alt=War on drugs Psychedelics|thumb|'''Figure 1'''. The global War on Drugs started in the US.]] | [[File:War on drugs Psychedelics.jpg|alt=War on drugs Psychedelics|thumb|'''Figure 1'''. The global War on Drugs started in the US.]] | ||
'''Through the 1950s and 1960s, more than 1,000 research papers were written about [[LSD]], psilocybin, and other [[Psychedelics|psychedelic]] drugs. Some 40,000 people were given these mind-expanding agents, and great progress was made in the understanding of how they might help people suffering from depression, alcoholism, and the psychospiritual distress'''. However, due to a series of unfortunate events psychedelics were mired in taboo due to a political agenda ultimately starting the War on Drugs. | '''Through the 1950s and 1960s, more than 1,000 research papers were written about [[LSD]], psilocybin, and other [[Psychedelics|psychedelic]] drugs. Some 40,000 people were given these mind-expanding agents, and great progress was made in the understanding of how they might help people suffering from depression, alcoholism, and the psychospiritual distress'''. However, due to a series of unfortunate events psychedelics were mired in taboo due to a political agenda ultimately starting the ''War on Drugs''. | ||
This witch hunt which persists even today, started on October 24, 1968 by the US government outlawing psychedelics. This caused a domino effect globally, leading to a 1971 UN resolution criminalising the medicines worldwide. To illustrate this timeline, the table below charts out notable landmarks leading up to worldwide psychedelic criminalisation. | This witch hunt which persists even today, started on October 24, 1968 by the US government outlawing psychedelics. This caused a domino effect globally, leading to a 1971 UN resolution criminalising the medicines worldwide. To illustrate this timeline, the table below charts out notable landmarks leading up to worldwide psychedelic criminalisation. | ||
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| colspan="1" rowspan="1" |1947 | | colspan="1" rowspan="1" |1947 | ||
| colspan="1" rowspan="1" |Werner Stoll publishes first paper on psychological effects of LSD in humans | | colspan="1" rowspan="1" |Werner Stoll publishes first paper on psychological effects of LSD in humans | ||
| colspan="1" rowspan="1" |Stoll, 1947<ref>Lysergsäure-diäthyl-amid, ein Phantastikum aus der Mutterkorngruppe. Stoll W (1947). Schweiz Arch Neur 60: 1–2.</ref> | | colspan="1" rowspan="1" |Stoll, 1947<ref>'''Lysergsäure-diäthyl-amid, ein Phantastikum aus der Mutterkorngruppe.''' Stoll W (1947). Schweiz Arch Neur 60: 1–2.</ref> | ||
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| colspan="1" rowspan="1" |1950 | | colspan="1" rowspan="1" |1950 | ||
| colspan="1" rowspan="1" |First English language publication on LSD | | colspan="1" rowspan="1" |First English language publication on LSD | ||
| colspan="1" rowspan="1" |Busch and Johnson, 1950<ref> | | colspan="1" rowspan="1" |Busch and Johnson, 1950<ref>'''L.S.D. 25 as an aid in psychotherapy; preliminary report of a new drug.''' Dis Nerv Syst 11: 241–243. Busch AK, Johnson WC (1950). </ref> | ||
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| colspan="1" rowspan="1" |1953 | | colspan="1" rowspan="1" |1953 | ||