The Role Of LSD In The 1960s

The people who were questioning society and the government needed to find a new light to look upon things due to the problems that arose during the 60s, like the JFK assassination. Drug use was portrayed as hip rather than destructive. Their solution was to explore different types of drugs. In the early 60's new methods of producing drugs became cheaper and therefore more prominent.
The most common was LSD, a chemical discovered in 1943 by Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann. LSD let people look at things with the different angle their psychedelic trance allowed them. LSD was originally available in tablet form, but once it was declared illegal they started looking for new ways to use it such as; liquid acid, via oral, in the eyeball, or mucous

membrane entry, liquid acid put on blotter paper and mixing it with other drugs.
Marijuana also became an obvious choice. Despite the fact that it was illegal, many people were willing to try it. During the 60s many nicknames were created also.
And others felt that by tripping, they could have better contact with their deities, to do so, they used magic mushrooms.
Colorful fashions, several art movements and of course the incredible outpouring of musical talents arose in the 1960's due to the impact of psychedelic drugs, such as the beatles, the byrds, the doors, jefferson airplane and the grateful dead. Having such open minds, hippies were the ones who experimented with and experienced the insights these drugs provide. Hippies didn’t think about the consequences, such as acne, blindness, sterility and worst. They just wanted to get high and have a new experience, thinking about freedom and rebellion, mainly because it was cool.