Heads

By Jarnow, Jesse (Music journalist)

Subjects: Grateful Dead (Musical group), Hallucinogenic drugs, Counterculture, Deadheads (Music fans), History, Rock music

Description: The history of psychedelic drug counterculture, beginning in the 1950s when the drugs were a promising psychological treatment through their hippie heyday and up to modern day usage. The essential history of how LSD, Deadheads, tie-dye, and the occasional bad trip have become familiar features of the American experience.