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LSD

Hallucinogenic drugs are now seen as a potential cure for depression, alcoholism and a means to get people off opioids.

Addiction Treatment Gets Psychedelic With ‘Shark Tank’ Investor-Approved Startup

"This could save lives, cure depression, help alcoholism, get people off opioids—why wouldn’t I want to be invested?" long-standing 'Shark Tank' investor Kevin O'Leary said of the company.
By Harmon Leon

How Gaspar Noé Shot His Ambitious Dance Movie, ‘Climax,’ With Only a One-Page Outline

'At the beginning, they were like, 'What the f**k is going on?' director Gaspar Noé says shooting with his 'Climax' cast.
By Stephen Garrett

Does MoMA Downplay the Influence of Psychedelic Drugs on Adrian Piper’s Work?

The drawings and paintings that resulted from Adrian Piper's experiments with psychedelic drugs like LSD comprise the opening of a new career retrospective, 'A Synthesis of Intuitions,' at the Museum of Modern Art. But while the work is included, the institution bushes aside its importance.
By Craig Hubert
Peter Sarsgaard in Wormwood.

What Errol Morris Uncovers in Netflix’s New True Crime Series ‘Wormwood’

By Stephen Garrett
(L-R): Steve Shevlin, Johnny Thunders and Phil Marcade, 1979

Phil Marcade’s ’70s NY Punk Memoir Is the Stuff of Legend

By Justin Joffe
Taking very small amounts of LSD can have interesting effects.

Why Microdosing LSD Beats Coffee, Adderall and Other Smart Drugs

By Nat Eliason
Microdosing LSD is nothing like Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas .

How Microdosing LSD Helped This Author Deal With Her Depression

By John Bonazzo
Leonard Cohen.

Leonard Cohen Casts a Dim But Holy Glow on ‘You Want It Darker’

By Justin Joffe
Swans.

Michael Gira on ‘Dangling Off the Edge of a Cliff’ for Swans’ Epic Final Album

By Jordan N. Mamone
Bill Joel.

Coming to Terms With Loving Billy Joel

By Justin Joffe
The Beach Boys.

This Is Your Brain on ‘Pet Sounds’

By Tim Sommer
Artist's rendering of Titanic sinking.

This Week in Tech History: Apollo 13 Aborted, CIA Dabbles in Mind Control

By John Bonazzo
Caribou @ East River Park (Justin Joffe for Observer)

Caribou Creates Warm, Intelligent Dance Music for the Masses

By Justin Joffe

Gawker on Drugs (Literally!)

By Foster Kamer

Reefer Madness! Columbia Drug Pusher Cries Foul on ‘Operation Ivy League’

By Nate Freeman
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