In 1943, a chemist in Switzerland synthesized a drug that alters consciousness. His discovery changed the study of medicine, psychiatry and biology—and became a central component of the counterculture ...

CCHR says new reports on Jack Ruby, who murdered President John F. Kennedy’s assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, raises questions about the psychiatrist who assessed Ruby as “insane” while conducting covert ...

Many of us know only one side of the story of psychedelic therapy. In the 1950s and early 1960s, psychiatrists gave LSD and mescaline to patients struggling with depression, anxiety, and addiction.

LSD was first synthesized by Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann in 1938. He discovered its powerful psychoactive effects in 1943 after accidentally ingesting a small amount and experiencing vivid ...

James “Whitey” Bulger, the city’s most notorious gangster, was haunted by LSD flashbacks, kept cash hidden in the U.S. and Europe, and returned to Boston on “several occasions” armed “to the teeth” ...