prepare to expand your mind man
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
people whose lives were affected by LSD
I was influenced by acid and Oh
psychedelic you know like the whole
generation but really I like rock and
roll you know number 10 Timothy Leary
after being exposed to the mind-opening
properties of certain mushrooms Timothy
Leary became interested in the
comparable effects produced by LSD stick
out your tongue there’s the key I want
the key that’s the key to the universe
the American psychologist then undertook
numerous experiments with the drug to
demonstrate its potential for
therapeutic use many of his subjects
spoke positively of the experiences
though researchers later disputed some
results number 9 doc Ellis so I took
some LSD at the airport because our knew
where would hit me happy in my own my
little area I had nowhere to go
On June 12th 1970 Pittsburgh Pirates
pitcher dock Ellis played an entire game
against the San Diego Padres while high
on acid and threw a no-hitter to boot he
ingested LSD without realizing he was
playing that night and through his haze
he managed to strike out six batters
meanwhile he thought the ball was
changing sizes and that Jimi Hendrix and
Richard Nixon were playing with him
number eight Jack Nicholson well looks
like that kind of guy that Jack
Nicholson may have acid to thank for
helping his Hollywood career take off
during the 1950’s the actor participated
in LSD experiments conducted by dr.
Oscar yeah Nagar these i opening
experiences inspired him to write the
screenplay for the trip which was an LSD
themed movie that became a cult hit and
paved the way for his later success I
wish it was something hip way of telling
you this baby but you’re one with and
part of an ever-expanding
loving joyful glorious and harmonious
universe number seven Ken Kesey before
writing his acclaimed novel One Flew
Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Ken Kesey
experienced the effects of LSD in both
professional and private settings I
would have not been able to write that
well without LSD he took various
psychoactive drugs as a test subject in
the CIA’s project MKULTRA and had access
to a loose imagens while working at a
State Veterans Hospital these
experiments inspired his 1962 novel and
led Kesey to organize LSD fueled parties
known as acid tests number six
Hunter S Thompson I’d like to ask you
why you use drugs different drugs for
different things when this American
writer and journalist wrote about
himself in his work he often mixed real
life with make-believe this is bad
country this was the case with his most
famous work the drug filled Fear and
Loathing in Las Vegas if therefore
shouldn’t be a surprise that Thompson
used alcohol LSD and other chemical
substances during his lifetime
number five Aldous Huxley I think it’s
quite on the cards that we may have
drugs which will profoundly change our
mental states without doing at any harm
I mean this is the pharmacological
revolution which has taken place the man
behind the dystopian novel brave new
world was an avid proponent of LSD and
psychedelic drugs during the 40s and 50s
the British writer even documented the
mind-altering effects of mescaline in
his book the doors of perception however
it was perhaps Aldous Huxley’s last
requests that really demonstrated the
importance of these drugs in his life
while dying of cancer he asked his wife
to inject him with LSD number four the
Beatles I had so many in a in a little
bottle on a putty it was liquid I put it
on a microscope and I looked at it and
he looked like rope mystic old rope and
I thought I not gonna put that in my
brain anymore
The Beatles were certainly not the only
band to experiment with drugs but they
were definitely one of the biggest and
most popular to do so the group may have
gotten their first taste of LSD by
accident but that fateful moment turns
several members into acid users
thereafter it was years later that Paul
McCartney finally validated
long-standing speculation about the
tracks gay tripper and Lucy in the Sky
with Diamonds by confirming they were
about drugs
other notable musicians associated with
LSD included the Grateful Dead and Jimi
Hendrix
number three Kary Mullis if it weren’t
for LSD
Kary Mullis may never have won the nobel
prize for chemistry in 1993 in his
autobiography the American biochemist
confessed it was his drug of choice
during the 60s and 70s he further
revealed that these experiences helped
him develop the technology for which he
won the award which was used to amplify
DNA sequences number two Steve Jobs it
may be surprising to some but the late
co-founder of one of the world’s most
successful companies claimed that taking
LSD was one of the most important
experiences of his life Steve Jobs
called his experiments with acid during
the 1970s a magical and spiritual time
however he also asserted they made him
feel like an outcast ultimately Jobs
believed his drug use indelibly changed
the type of leader he became number one
dr. Albert Hoffman you wouldn’t expect a
straight-laced scientist to be a
closeted drug user but it was actually a
Swiss chemist who first experienced the
psychedelic qualities of LSD dr. Albert
Hoffman synthesized lysergic acid
diethylamide in 1938 and deliberately
ingested it five years later on April 19
1943 his faculties were so affected by
this LSD trip that he had to be taken
home on a bike by his lab assistant and
that date is now celebrated as bicycle
day if you have open eyes
you may see the world in a different way
I mean in the you see it as it really is
wonderful
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
people whose lives were affected by LSD
I was influenced by acid and Oh
psychedelic you know like the whole
generation but really I like rock and
roll you know number 10 Timothy Leary
after being exposed to the mind-opening
properties of certain mushrooms Timothy
Leary became interested in the
comparable effects produced by LSD stick
out your tongue there’s the key I want
the key that’s the key to the universe
the American psychologist then undertook
numerous experiments with the drug to
demonstrate its potential for
therapeutic use many of his subjects
spoke positively of the experiences
though researchers later disputed some
results number 9 doc Ellis so I took
some LSD at the airport because our knew
where would hit me happy in my own my
little area I had nowhere to go
On June 12th 1970 Pittsburgh Pirates
pitcher dock Ellis played an entire game
against the San Diego Padres while high
on acid and threw a no-hitter to boot he
ingested LSD without realizing he was
playing that night and through his haze
he managed to strike out six batters
meanwhile he thought the ball was
changing sizes and that Jimi Hendrix and
Richard Nixon were playing with him
number eight Jack Nicholson well looks
like that kind of guy that Jack
Nicholson may have acid to thank for
helping his Hollywood career take off
during the 1950’s the actor participated
in LSD experiments conducted by dr.
Oscar yeah Nagar these i opening
experiences inspired him to write the
screenplay for the trip which was an LSD
themed movie that became a cult hit and
paved the way for his later success I
wish it was something hip way of telling
you this baby but you’re one with and
part of an ever-expanding
loving joyful glorious and harmonious
universe number seven Ken Kesey before
writing his acclaimed novel One Flew
Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Ken Kesey
experienced the effects of LSD in both
professional and private settings I
would have not been able to write that
well without LSD he took various
psychoactive drugs as a test subject in
the CIA’s project MKULTRA and had access
to a loose imagens while working at a
State Veterans Hospital these
experiments inspired his 1962 novel and
led Kesey to organize LSD fueled parties
known as acid tests number six
Hunter S Thompson I’d like to ask you
why you use drugs different drugs for
different things when this American
writer and journalist wrote about
himself in his work he often mixed real
life with make-believe this is bad
country this was the case with his most
famous work the drug filled Fear and
Loathing in Las Vegas if therefore
shouldn’t be a surprise that Thompson
used alcohol LSD and other chemical
substances during his lifetime
number five Aldous Huxley I think it’s
quite on the cards that we may have
drugs which will profoundly change our
mental states without doing at any harm
I mean this is the pharmacological
revolution which has taken place the man
behind the dystopian novel brave new
world was an avid proponent of LSD and
psychedelic drugs during the 40s and 50s
the British writer even documented the
mind-altering effects of mescaline in
his book the doors of perception however
it was perhaps Aldous Huxley’s last
requests that really demonstrated the
importance of these drugs in his life
while dying of cancer he asked his wife
to inject him with LSD number four the
Beatles I had so many in a in a little
bottle on a putty it was liquid I put it
on a microscope and I looked at it and
he looked like rope mystic old rope and
I thought I not gonna put that in my
brain anymore
The Beatles were certainly not the only
band to experiment with drugs but they
were definitely one of the biggest and
most popular to do so the group may have
gotten their first taste of LSD by
accident but that fateful moment turns
several members into acid users
thereafter it was years later that Paul
McCartney finally validated
long-standing speculation about the
tracks gay tripper and Lucy in the Sky
with Diamonds by confirming they were
about drugs
other notable musicians associated with
LSD included the Grateful Dead and Jimi
Hendrix
number three Kary Mullis if it weren’t
for LSD
Kary Mullis may never have won the nobel
prize for chemistry in 1993 in his
autobiography the American biochemist
confessed it was his drug of choice
during the 60s and 70s he further
revealed that these experiences helped
him develop the technology for which he
won the award which was used to amplify
DNA sequences number two Steve Jobs it
may be surprising to some but the late
co-founder of one of the world’s most
successful companies claimed that taking
LSD was one of the most important
experiences of his life Steve Jobs
called his experiments with acid during
the 1970s a magical and spiritual time
however he also asserted they made him
feel like an outcast ultimately Jobs
believed his drug use indelibly changed
the type of leader he became number one
dr. Albert Hoffman you wouldn’t expect a
straight-laced scientist to be a
closeted drug user but it was actually a
Swiss chemist who first experienced the
psychedelic qualities of LSD dr. Albert
Hoffman synthesized lysergic acid
diethylamide in 1938 and deliberately
ingested it five years later on April 19
1943 his faculties were so affected by
this LSD trip that he had to be taken
home on a bike by his lab assistant and
that date is now celebrated as bicycle
day if you have open eyes
you may see the world in a different way
I mean in the you see it as it really is
wonderful
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