Doing LSD was one of the two or three most important things I have done in my life… [Bill Gates would] be a broader guy if he had dropped acid once.
Footage Found of ’50s LSD Experiment
While researching a book, author Don Lattin came across some footage of a 1950s television program in which a housewife takes LSD….[A]n unidentified housewife [says] “They were looking for normal people, so I volunteered,” and that she feels “a little nervous, perhaps.” He then instructs her to drink a liquid while explaining it contains LSD. Three hours later, she says, “Everything is in color and I can feel the air. I can see it, I can see all the molecules—I’m part of it. Can’t you see it?” Dr. Cohen then asks her, “How do you feel inside?” She replies, “Inside? I don’t have any inside.”
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![Footage Found of ’50s LSD Experiment
While researching a book, author Don Lattin came across some footage of a 1950s television program in which a housewife takes LSD….[A]n unidentified housewife [says] “They were looking for normal people, so I volunteered,” and that she feels “a little nervous, perhaps.” He then instructs her to drink a liquid while explaining it contains LSD. Three hours later, she says, “Everything is in color and I can feel the air. I can see it, I can see all the molecules—I’m part of it. Can’t you see it?” Dr. Cohen then asks her, “How do you feel inside?” She replies, “Inside? I don’t have any inside.”](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lf8f6zQbNT1qg4lyzo1_500.png)