Confronting the figure of the “mad scientist” in psychedelic history: LSD’s use as a correctional tool in the postwar period
Since reports about CIA-funded LSD studies came out in the 1970s, psychedelic drugs have invoked images of unethical experimentation and “mad scientists” in the public imagination. Even now, as the stigma surrounding psychedelics diminishes in the 21st century, the figure of the “mad scientist” cont...
| Published in: | Frontiers in Psychology |
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| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2023-07-01
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| Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1129428/full |