At once a jaunty history of psychedelics, and a fascinating lament that the double-pronged legacy of Nazi drug policy — zero tolerance and weaponization — so severely limited research into their medicinal properties.
Tripped cleverly dives into the chaotic battleground of the Cold War with both feet and doesn’t emerge until many secrets have been laid bare ... Ohler has written a book that is both well-researched and thoughtful.
Jesse Jarnow’s Heads covers a lot of the same ground, but the interweaving of Cold War spy-versus-spy yarns, as well as the speculation that the Nazis were racing to make new psychotropic drugs as much as new rockets, lends considerable drama to the tale.
