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Influence of drugs on the 60's
The Influence
OF Drugs on the 60's
Maxwell Sinoway
Years Before the 60's
- During the 50’s use of drugs highly increased
- LSD was invented in the 40’s
- Use of drugs in the “beat” generation
- Anslinger's “war on marijuana”
- After WWII prescription medicine became more prevalent
- Government works with mafia
- 1950’s military starts testing with LSD and amphetamines
WHAT
Open your mind for new ideas
Leary
Started his research into mind altering drugs which would become known as “psychedelics” in the early 1960s
He conducted experiments using LSD
In 1966, LSD was made illegal in the United States and controlled so strictly that not only were possession and recreational use criminalized, but all legal scientific research programs on the drug in the US were shut down as well.
Described as the “Most dangerous man in america” by Richard Nixon
Kesey
Author of one flew over the cuckoo's nest
Test subject of government LSD testing
Cross country trip with friends called “Merry pranksters”
Took a school bus to NYC from San Francisco nicknamed Furthur
Wrote book while high on LSD
Influence of Drugs on Music
- Beatles-Lucy in the sky with diamonds
- Bob Dylan introduced beatles to marijuana
- The grateful dead did all the drugs and created a new style of rock by using psychedelic beats and musical improvisation
- Bands who condoned drug use made it “cool” for fans to come and get high at their concerts
Bands Influenced by Drugs
Beatles
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
The greatful Dead
Hey, little one
The rise and fall of
Haight-Ashbury
Place
- Town near san francisco that was home to concerts, drugs, and a lot of hippies
- Home of 1967’s summer of love
- At the end of 1967 the place was riddled with drugs, homeless people, and was completely trashed
- A hub for music and culture
ABuse
Drugs abuse then vs now
- For many years marijuana was used by jazz musicians
- LSD was legal until 1966
- Many Notable deaths (Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Rudy Lewis, Dinah Washington, Brian Epstein, Frankie Lymon)
- Huge heroin use even though it was frowned upon, “The only dope worth shooting is Nixon”