llen Ginsberg performed some nights with the Grateful Dead at some of the early acid tests with Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters. Jack Kerouacs book On The Road was also getting notoriety with new ideas starting to surface and it became known as Beatnik thoughts. These poets helped out the generation because they added to poetic scope to the society. It was almost like a puzzle that needed every piece to have its full effect. Their poems consisted of many things from homosexuality to taking peyote in the dessert. This interested their audience because it was very uncommon to hear or see a poet talking about such counter culture of things. Neal Cassidy was an intricate part also of the 1960s generation.Drug use increased more and more with this new subculture whether for fun or an escape. People were starting to smoke marijuana and realized that it wasnt as bad as what Reefer Madness had shown it to be. So that increased in use along with a new drug that was developed and discovered by Dr. Albert Hoffman called LSD. This drug, which is said to be extremely dangerous, was being handed out at government buildings and colleges for them to do tests on the drug. Allen Ginsberg said he sent some acid to jazz great Dizzy Gilespie and Dizzy commented that he would like something stronger. Allen, himself, said it was the second most powerful drug he ever tried number one being peyote. The LSD that was used at the time was LSD 25 and was a lot more strong as what is going around the streets in the 21st century. Timothy Leary, an ex-Harvard professor, was a major spokesperson for the drug and he developed a new saying about the generation Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out. Timothy Leary also brought magic mushrooms to the public's attention when he smuggled some into the U.S. from South America. He gave it to some other Harvard professors and they started doing some more tests on it. Acid tests were these concerts where you were given an...
