'Tripping on Utopia' Review: LSD and the Cold War.

In the article "Tripping on Utopia: Margaret Mead, the Cold War, and the Troubled Birth of Psychedelic Science," Benjamin Breen explores the history of LSD research and its connection to the Cold War and the CIA. Breen focuses on the lives of Margaret Mead, a prominent anthropologist, and her husband Gregory Bateson, who were both involved in the study of psychedelics. The article discusses how LSD was initially seen as a potential breakthrough for a new consciousness that could save humanity from nuclear apocalypse, but was later weaponized by the CIA as a truth serum. Breen also examines the ethical issues surrounding the use of LSD in research and its eventual ban in 1968. [Extracted from the article]

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