The Marihuana Papers, edited by David Solomon. Indianapolis, Indiana: Bobbs-Merrill, 1966, 448 pp., $10.00
One of the hallmarks of man is his irrepressible desire to attain altered states of consciousness. For thousands of years, and in every culture, individuals of our species have sought ways to change, at least briefly and from time to time, the way it feels to be alive. Fermented spirits, hallucinogenic mushrooms and cactus, narcotics, betel nuts, tobacco and marihuana, tranquilizers, fasting, flagellation, meditation and prayer–the list of methods is a long one but the goals are not dissimilar.
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