One Billion Seconds Later: The Social History of LSD

Description

A documentary on the hallucinogenic drug LSD, from its discovery at Sandoz Laboratories in 1943, through the halls of academe, to Golden Gate Park and beyond. Albert Hofmann, Timothy Leary, Baba Ram Dass (Dick Alpert), Ken Kesey, John Lilly, Frederick Meyers, Huston Smith, and others describe the LSD experience and speculate on its use as a therapeutic tool, a religious sacrament, and a revolutionary of counter-revolutionary agent.

Produced by Adi Gevins.

Broadcast date

06/01/1974

Program Length

85 minutes

Archive number

BC2215a-b

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