Research Catalog

Title

Trips : how hallucinogens work in your brain / Cheryl Pellerin.

Author

Pellerin, Cheryl.

Publication

New York : Seven Stories Press, 1998.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Crumb, R.
• Seefelt, Ellen

Description

xxv, 262 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

Pellerin leavens scientific terminology with illustrations and cartoons and devotes a large portion to the history of hallucinogen use and control.

Subject

• Hallucinogenic drugs
• Drug abuse
• Hallucinogens
• Substance-Related Disorders

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-249) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Preface: 20th Century, 15 Minutes 'Til Closing -- Ch. 1. Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven, Nobody Wants to Die -- Ch. 2. Just Think of It as Evolution in Action -- Ch. 3. Early Research: Pioneers Are the Ones with Arrows in Their Backs -- Ch. 4. The 1950s: Hallucinogens -- As Close As You Get to Psychosis Without Being Psycho Yourself -- Ch. 5. The 1960s: LSD -- "Out of Kilter with the Basic Assumptions of Western Medicine" -- Ch. 6. 1970-1990: Animal Pharm -- Rough on Rats -- Ch. 7. 1991-1993: Civilization Ho! -- Ch. 8. LSD: Here Now -- Ch. 9. The Rest of the Hallucinogens -- Ch. 10. Gatekeepers: Your Government on Drugs -- Ch. 11. Hallucinogen Research into the 21st Century -- Ch. 12. Think or Die: The Real Problem with Hallucinogens -- Drug Use & Abuse: Internet Resources -- Hallucinogen Profiles: Clocking Your Ground Speed.

ISBN

1888363347

LCCN

^^^96030368^

OCLC

• 35068215
• SCSB-11904585

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library