# LYSERGIC ACID DIETHYLAMIDE 1960s LSD DRUG SCARE FILM "ACID" ACID TRIP PSYCHEDLIC ERA 64084

This film is by Encyclopedia Britannica Educational Corporation (:08). Its topic will be lysergic acid diethylamide (:53) the natural and synthetic hallucinogen. A bottle containing LSD is shown and one ounce is capable of producing 300,000 hallucinogenic trips (1:23). It has been produced by Concept films (1:48). It begins in 1951, in southern France where citizens had been hit with a strange illness constituted with pain, high fever and hallucinations (2:24). The plague was dubbed ‘St. Anthony’s fire’ and over 360 cases were documented (2:59). It was discovered that the poisoning was from consumption of Ergot, a fungus which grows on rye, milled and baked into bread (3:07). Though a direct connection between this instance and LSD have not been established, these reports drew the attention of Dr. Albert Hofmann whom had first synthesized LSD fifteen years prior (3:25). The study on the effects began on rats (4:01) and a correlation was drawn between stress and the effects of the drug (4:25). Large doses would produce catatonic behavior and this is exampled in one rat given a massive dose (5:04) and researchers noted that Schizophrenic patients exhibited similar behavior (5:08). This sparked speculation that a similar chemical was being produced by schizophrenic patient’s bodies to LSD (5:18). The head of research at Maryland Psychiatric Research Center (5:39) believed acid to be a catalyst that lubricated and manifested unconscious processes in the brain (5:51). In the…

- Kind: Film
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/64084AcidVwr)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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