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Tao Lin Talks to Tyrant Re: “Taipei”

This interview was conducted in the wee hours of the morning on the bed of Tao Lin, in his apartment on the east side of Manhattan, with a small party going on in the other corner of the room. This is the first, definitive interview with the author after finishing his novel, "Taipei," which will be released this spring from Vintage. Full story

Sarin, PCP, and Colonel James S. Ketchum

The doctor behind the US Army's psychedelic Manhattan Project, held at the top-secret Edgewood Arsenal facility, has a few regrets. Weed isn't one of them. Full story

Cleaning Out Sheds with the Merry Pranksters' Ken Babbs

It's been almost half a century since Babbs, Kesey, and the Pranksters painted technicolor murals across their 1939 Harvester school bus, stocked it full of acid, and drove from LA to New York's 1964 World Fair. Time has been good to Babbs. At 73, he still bursts with energy and Full story

The Science Behind Tripping Balls

Recently, my trips have been horrible. They have alternated between terrifying hallucinations and mediocre experiences, but are always followed by disgust-tinged regret. I decided I needed some help from The Experts, so I devoted last weekend to Horizons: Perspectives on Psychede… Full story

Excerpts from ‘The Periodic Table of Energy’

In 1973, Timothy Leary—the “high priest” of LSD—was arrested by US officials. During his imprisonment he conceived 'The Periodic Table of Energy,' a 203-page “manual explaining how to decode the basic blueprints which guide the evolutionary journey.” It was hidden for 40 years, a… Full story

Oliver Sacks' Acid Test

The esteemed neurologist says gobbling down LSD has helped him empathize with patients. Full story

Question of the Day

What’s Your Favorite Drug?

How about it, miserable people of the world? What’s your drug of choice? Full story

Eat Acid, Watch People Ride Bikes

It's Bicycle Day and you're a lazy sack. So just watch these videos. Full story

Happy Birthday, Acid

Here's a criminally incomplete rundown of the most curious LSD trips. Full story

Hamilton's Pharmacopeia

Getting High on Krystle

There is no facile synthesis of the events that transpired at the Wamego missile silo between October 1 and November 4, 2000. The available information is a viscous solution of truths, half-lies, three-quarter truths, and outright lies, the fractionation of which yields no pure p… Full story