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Katie MacBride

66 years ago, the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous tried LSD — and ignited a controversy still raging today


It’s August 29, 1956. A philosopher, a psychiatrist, and his research assistant watch as the most famous recovering alcoholic puts a dose of LSD in his mouth and swallows.

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