Timothy Leary : How did the authorities get away with such blatant abuses?

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@astorian

Leary’s son, on the other hand, said “My father was always more interested in drinking than in LSD.” Underneath all the progressive posturing, Timothy Leary was just a run-of-the-mill Irish drunk.

Didn’t know that.

Incidentally, research has been made into the subject of using LSD to combat alcoholism (alas, .pdf behind paywall). Looks fairly promising, according to pop sci write-ups such as this one. Though I guess it didn’t work in the case of Mr. Leary.

@handsomeharry

Don’t give a shit about Linkletter; just looking at the public perception of same. That’s why I said ‘cautionary tale’, not ‘the awful facts surrounding her drug-induced death.’
(I had already read the ‘real’ story.)

OK.