EarthBounded
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it's quite obvious that the writers' opening statements are strongly worded, even excessive, to grab the readers' attention, but it wasn't meant to scrutinize the man to the very core of his being; simply to illustrate the fact that this compound has never been afforded the proper clinical research it clearly deserves. something so powerful could have been handled a little more carefully, i think we all can agree, especially in such times of public outrage & societal fear. LSD was never given the full potential to be utilized for something great (like every other drug in this country) - and this can be attributed in part to the less-than-cautiously handled LSD craze of that era. it's natural that we must attach a face to it, if at the end of the day it caught the readers' attention or sold a publication - then sadly it will be considered a successful, if not unscrupulous piece of writing.
we all have our faults.
I can agree with this, it is unfortunate he gets the blame. My undying question will always be this... Would LSD have spread as much as it did and gotten into the hands it needed to get to, for instance the scientist today that are conducting clinical research, patients of cluster headaches or the terminally ill, or perhaps just maybe if it wasn't for the radicals or "crazed" types like Leary who gave there entire life to making sure this drug was distributed as much as possible, would LSD have ever been as popular as it was/is or would it have been looked over and forgotten?
I'm going to become a Journalist just so I can write this article-
" Thankfully our earth was blessed with T. Leary "
Leary wanted everyone to see what he saw, he did not want this to go behind closed doors. That man was brave and fought for what he believed, I don't think LSD could have made its journey throughout the people and our earth in any other way.
Greg Miller Please learn more about a topic before using and opener like this "Timothy Leary really screwed things up for science", that is infact false and all I can say is " Greg Miller Really screwed things up for this article "
Reasonable article - I skimmed it though - it seemed to just state the obvious. I skimmed it due to how it starts - Timothy Leary is an easy scapegoat.
Drugs that alter the mind away from the status quo, the hive mind, the sheep mentality of being a busy worker ant, trapped as part of many heirachies have been getting banned by the establishment for fucking ages.
Maybe Timothy Leary was a bit careless, but this would've happened anyway. It happened at the right time, so that careful clandestine research has been done until the time when we can finally effect positive change, universally.
The blame falls on every single careless trip taker, just as much as it did Leary.
Perfectly worded I agree 100% with this statement