Hallucinogenic Drug Research: Impact on Science and Society [Proceedings of the First Annual Symposium, 1970]

638 Pleasant Street, Beloit, Wisconsin : STASH Press, Division of Student Association for the Study of Hallucinogens , 1970. Rare material and insights. Copyright 1970 by STASH Press, A Division of the Student Association for the Study of Hallucinogens. Blue and white pictorial stiff wraps, moderate shelf wear, rub. Front cover features modern art-like rendition of man in top hat on uni-cycle by Don Hayes. Pages near fine, clean; no writing. Card pocket inside back cover. Bind good, square. Features an introduction and ten essays transcribed from lectures by eminent, and some infamous, researchers, professors, and doctors on the effects and use of these hallucinogens. Contents: "Editor's Note; Contributors; Introduction - Solomon H. Snyder, MD; Problems and Prospects of Research with the Halluncinogens - Daniel X. Feedman, MD; The Psychological State Produced by the Hallucinogens - Maritn M. Katz, PhD; Potential Dangers of the Hallucinogens - Samuel Irwin, PhD; The Hallucinogens and Embryonic Malformation - Robert Auerbach, PhD; LSD Treatment in Alcoholism - Arnold M. Ludwig, MD; The Experimental Use of Psychedelic (LSD) Psychotherapy - Walter N. Pahnke, MD et al.; Treatment of Psychosis with LSD - Abram Hoffer, MD; The Influence of 'Psychedelic' Experience on Contemporary Art and Music - Stanley Krippner, PhD; Social Aspects of Research with Psychoactive Drugs - Joel Fort, MD". Includes a four-page glossary, a name index, and a subject index. 139 pages. Insured post. Back cover statement is illustrative of the milieu: STASH was organized by a group of Beloit College students for the purpose of establishing a national student educational facility to provide information on psychedelic drugs and marihuana. The organization operates on two basic principles: 1. That no drug, like everything in our material universe, intrinsically possesses good or bad qaulities; it is only each particular human use of a drug that can be viewed as beneficial or detrimental. Focusing on any particular drug and calling it evil is useless distraction. 2. That drugs, and the variety of ways that people can use or abuse them, are extremely complicated matters - few blanket assertions can be made, and those interested in undertaking action to alleviate society's "drug problem" have the responsibility of educating themselves. This implies acquiring a grasp of the ways in which scientists arrive at conclusions about the psychological, physiological, and other actions of drugs. People, in learning about drugs, must not only study what doctors, pharmacologists, psycholgists, and other authorities have to say, but must bring themselves up to a level of competence permitting critical evaluation of the validity of available information.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Hayes, Don (Cover Art). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.