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		elliekelly on April 15, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Psychedelics and mental illness > Lots of people used LSD in the 60s and 70s and as far as I can tell they didn't usher in a new age of love, peace, and tolerance. Is there any research that attempts to put a number on what portion of the population was using LSD at this time?

slibhb on April 15, 2022 [–]

Wikipedia has some sources and a graph (I have no idea how accurate it is): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_lysergic_acid_dieth...

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