The+Psychedelic+Era

Max Milstein & Spencer Yasinow Mr. Burkhart HAH 2˚ May 19, 2011  The Psychedelic Era  Max Milstein and Spencer Yasinow Overview The Psychedelic era refers to the time of social, musical and artistic change influenced by psychedelic drugs, generally described as occurring during early 1960s to the mid 1970s. These drugs included marijuana and hallucinogens, especially LSD and magic mushrooms. Music was likely the most heavily influenced aspect of the Psychedelic Era. Several genres including pop, soul, folk, and rock were severely affected through the use of psychedelic drugs. Some of the best known psychedelic musicians include The Beatles, Pink Floyd, The Grateful Dead, The Doors, Janis Joplin, and Jimmy Henrix among many others. Art was also greatly impacted and many psychedelic artworks were displayed a few years ago at the renowned exhibition, Summer of Love: Art of the Psychedelic Era, which was held at the UK Tate Gallery. Finally, society was extremely impacted. The use of psychedelic drugs led to the rise of hippies who explored different states of consciousness, promoted a life full of freedom and peace, and heavily opposed the Vietnam War. Their movement supporting a life of peace and opposing the Vietnam War became known as the Counterculture and was criticized by countless conservative Americans.

Impact The Psychedelic Era had an extreme impact on American culture during the 1960s and 70s. It revolutionized several aspects of society ranging from citizens' attitudes, to fashion, to the drastic altercation of musical and artistic styles. The younger generation adopted a much more laid back attitude, which may have been caused by the use of psychedelic drugs as well as the disagreement of the Vietnam War. This laid back attitude led to a more relaxed fashion than that of the 50s as well as a freer life in which people in their late teens lived completely independently often without jobs and spent a majority of their time using psychedelic drugs, protesting the Vietnam war, and exploring other methods of relaxation including promoting and playing music as well as having frequent sexual intercourse. The older generations frowned upon this lifestyle, but that didn't stop the psychedelic era from impacting their society as well as ours. The effects of the psychedelic era linger on today and can be seen specifically in the music industry. Many modern day artists and musicians have been heavily influenced by the music and artwork of the psychedelic era.

Who + Why

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Millions of Americans took part in the psychedelic era a majority of which were adolescents in their late teens or early twenties. They were easily influenced to use psychedelics because bands such as the Beatles and brilliant scientists like Albert Hofmann and Thomas Leary were very supportive of them. These factors along with the depression brought out about friends and family going of to the Vietnam War led the youth to question the decisions made by their parents' generation. They didn't want to make the same mistakes as their parents so they adopted new values centered around love peace and Freedom.

**What**

Drugs
**Marijuana**- The flowers of the cannabis plant intended for the use as a psychoactive drug or for medicinal purposes. According to the United Nations, Marijuana is the most used illicit substance in the world. Possible ways of consumption include smoking, eating,drinking, or vaporization. When consumed it results in a state of euphoria, well being, relaxation, increased appreciation of humor, munchies (desire for food), decreased feeling of nausea, and a sense of peacefulness. Effects last anywhere from 2-6 hours.
 * ** The psychedelic era was mainly influenced by the use of mind altering substances such as Marijuana, LSD, and Magic Mushrooms.


 * LSD (acid)**- Lysergic acid diethylamide is a psychedelic drug well known for its psychological effects that include altering of thinking process, closed and open eye visuals, and an altered sense of time. LSD played a key role in the 1960's and 1970's counterculture and psychedelic era. LSD is non addictive, is not known to cause brain damage, and has extremely low toxic levels. It's consumable through ingestion, or even by the disintegration through skin anywhere on your body. Effects begin within 30 minutes and can last as long as 12 hrs.


 * Mushrooms (psilocybin mushrooms)**- a fungi that contains the psychoactive compounds psilocybin and psilocin. There are approximately 190 species of psilocybin mushrooms. Shrooms are speculated to have a history that dates back as far as one million years ago, originating in East Africa. They are non-addictive, rarely abused, and non-toxic. The effects last anywhere from 3-8 hours. There are changes to audio, visual, and tactile senses that become apparent after an hour of ingestion.

Music
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The music of the psychedelic era was that influenced by the use of psychedelic drugs. There are several genres of psychedelic music including folk, soul, pop, and the most popular, psychedelic rock. Psychedelic music swept America and Great Britain by storm and became extremely popular with younger generations. The support of psychedelic drugs among the youth's favorite musicians influenced them to use such drugs.

When
 * The Psychedelic Era took place during the early 1960's to the mid 1970's. This was during the counterculture and during this time new music and ** new drugs took this generation by storm. Bands started an underground wave that flowed throughout the sixties. It occurred in England before the states, but in the states, San Francisco was the ground breaker. It became known as the "San Francisco Sound" These bands brought their psychedelic influences along with them as stated in their songs.

Where The psychedelic era took place in England and The United States. It originated in California and progressed throughout the country. A main event in the psychedelic era was Woodstock, which took place in New York for 3 days. Throughout the United States, colleges were considered to have the most drug users at the time.

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