Albion Dreaming (54 page)

US and Holland
126
,
144

and issue of import licences
126

marketing strategies
18–9

trade name
18–9
,
24

medical and psychotherapeutic uses
23–42

early experiments
6–7
,
18–21

for alcoholism
72

litigation claims
258–60

publication of first UK clinical findings
25–7

myths and speculations
1–2
,
9
,
21
,
255–57

opposition to use
5–6
,
106–30

first successful prosecution
119

made illegal
6
,
7
,
123–25
,
181–82

media portrayals
5
,
112–18

religious establishment
5–6

perceived benefits
2–5
,
17–21

precautions
2
,
18
,
32–3
,
34–5

recreational use in UK
83–105
,
245–46

free festivals
184–208
,
247–48

music scene and LSD
131–43
,
145–48
,
160–62
,
245–46

review of benefits and harms
261–81

calls for reclassification
269–73

LSD trips

descriptions of early experiences
3
,
12–3
,
16–7
,
61
,
71
,
72
,
76
,
79

drug administration factors
set
and
setting
factors
17

“Sugarlack” problems
103–4

typical regimes
26–7
,
36–7

key hallucinatory features
26–7

phenomenon of “contact high”
51

psychotherapeutic analysis techniques
33–4

“Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” (Beatles)
132

Lynch, Detective-Inspector
111

lysergic acid re-combinations
12

McCartney, Paul
xiv
,
97
,
103
,
127
,
141–42
,
226

McCloud, Mark
258

McGhie, Brigadier John
58–9

McGough, Roger
145

MacInnes, Colin
121–22

McKenna, Terence
254

McNichol, Reverend
59

magic and LSD
121–22

Magical Mystery Tour
(Beatles)
171

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
149

Mailer, Norman
226

The Making of the Monster
(Murray Scot)
85

Marlborough Day Hospital
36
,
37–8

Manson slaying (US)
174

manufacture of LSD

blotter LSD
246

processes for distribution
209–10
,
246

Switzerland
11–19
,
24
,
40
,
117

UK illegal networks
122
,
126
,
136–39
,
172–77
,
209–12
,
264–68

police investigations
150–53
,
173–74
,
211–243
,
264

US and Holland
126
,
143–44

and issue of import licences
126

see also
Operation Julie

Margaret, Princess
238

Marks, Howard
254

Marquee Club (London)
110

Marr, George Logan
62–3

Marriot, Steve
161

Maschler, Tom
145–46

mass hysteria
50

May Hill festival
247–48

May, David
8
,
219

Mayhew, Christopher
xiv
,
69–70

media portrayals
5
,
21
,
112–18

early positive reports
28–9

and LSD promotion
135
,
153

role in urban legend creation (1980–90s)
255–56

medical uses
see
psychotherapeutic uses

Megatripolis
254

Meher Baba
168–69

Meigan Fair
205
,
206–7

Melechi, Tony
8

Mellen, Joey
xiv
,
102–3
,
114

Mellor, Pete
xiv
,
171

Melly, George
199

mental healthcare
see
psychotherapeutic uses

mental illness

comparisons with LSD trips
4

deleterious effects of LSD use
3
,
34–5
,
40
,
93–4
,
258–60
,
262

personality changes
86
,
93–6

suicide risks
18
,
49
,
123

see also
psychotherapeutic uses

Merry Pranksters
171–72

mescaline
19–20
,
38
,
65–71

BBC documentary (1955)
69–70

see also
Ecstasy

methergine
12

Metzner, Ralph
xiv
,
77
,
79
,
89–90
,
100
,
107

MI6
45
,
49
,
60–62
,
120

Michell, John
xiv
,
107
,
186–88

microdots
195–96
,
209–10

Miles, Barry
xiv
,
101
,
126

military services
43–63

early uses for LSD
4
,
7
,
19–21

initial interests in LSD
44–5

recollections and personal accounts
46–7

use of LSD field trials
52–58

subsequent investigations
60–3

Millbrook (New York)
91–2
,
101
,
107

Miller, Arthur
226

Ministry of Defence (MOD)
31–2

on abreactive drugs (1956)
44

lawsuit against
61

see also
military services

Misuse of Drugs Act (1964)
122–23

amendment (1966)
123–24

Misuse of Drugs Act (1971)
181–82
,
270

Mitcheson, Dr. Martin
230
,
242

Monkey
xiv
,
250–51

Monterey Pop Festival
143

Moody Blues
134

Moonie, Lewis
61

Moorcock, Michael
84

Moore, Dudley
132

morning glory seeds
86
,
94

morphine
5

Mostert, Allan
165
,
189

The Move
134–35

Muir, Kate
278

Munro, Andy
xiv
,
207
,
214–15
,
220–21
,
225
,
227
,
229
,
235
,
241–42
,
245

Murray, Nicholas
67

Murray Scott, Andrew
85

music scene and LSD
131–43
,
146–48
,
160–62
,
245–46

see also
Acid House music

music use on LSD trips
33
,
71–2

myths and speculations
1–2
,
9

LSD in city water supplies
21

urban legends (1980–90s)
255–56

Napier-Bell, Simon
xiv
,
139

Narg, Jim
xv
,
131–32

Nathan, Harry
xv
,
150

Nazis, hallucinogenic drug research
19–20

nerve agents
45

Nestlé
257

Netley Hospital (Southampton)
36
,
58–9