Tag: LSD (Lysergic Acid Diethylamide)

Rumi Missabu, Avant-Garde Drag Performer Who Glittered, Dies at 76

Rumi Missabu, an avant-garde drag performer who was best known as a member of the anarchic, glitter-encrusted, hippie-drag troupe known as the Cockettes, which bloomed briefly at the turn of the 1970s in San Francisco, died on April 2 at his home in Oakland, Calif. He was 76. His death, from complications of chronic respiratory […]

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What a Terror Attack in Israel Might Reveal About Psychedelics and Trauma

One Israeli said that being high on LSD during the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7 prompted a spiritual revelation that helped him escape the carnage at a desert rave. Another is certain the drug MDMA made him more decisive and gave him the strength to carry his girlfriend as they fled the scene. A third […]

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