And Michael Randall, along with his wife, Carol, was smack dab in the middle of it all, giving away LSD — which had become illegal in the state months earlier — to anyone who wanted it ...

Diplo says he ran a marathon while on LSD. You're not alone in wondering if that's a good idea. Here's what medical experts say about psychedelic use.

MATTHEW ORAM, Efficacy and Enlightenment: LSD Psychotherapy and the Drug Amendments of 1962, Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Vol. 69, No. 2 (APRIL 2014), pp. 221-250 ...

It's been reviled and revered, criminalized and exploited by the CIA. And now and other psychedelic drugs are being tested as legitimate medical treatments. NPR's original animation tells the tale.