"california and nevada made lsd illegal in 1966" So still the late 60's, not "the end of 50s early 60s". "It has nothing to with being anti war, lawmakers pan

"california and nevada made lsd illegal in 1966" So still the late 60's, not "the end of 50s early 60s". "It has nothing to with being anti war, lawmakers panicked when it became a recreational drug and didn't know what to do" It was a recreational drug long before it was made illegal, and the illegality had nothing to do with it being a recreational drug, but rather had to do with panic over sensationalized media stories about LSD's involvement in things like the Manson murders, and Art Linkletter's daughter committing suicide. LSD's role is Linkletter's daughter's suicide is highly questionable, as are all the urban legends at the time of people frying their eyes out by staring at the sun under the influence of LSD, or their chromosomes breaking because of LSD, etc. Yet sensational media coverage like this, along with a panic over "look what all these crazy kids are doing! They're having orgies and frying their brains on LSD!!!", combined with LSD's association with the anti-war movement and the counterculture (including Leary very publicly telling kids to "drop out", LSD being associated with "free love", etc), which shocked and outraged the very conservative powers that be is absolutely what led to it being banned. LSD use was basically seen as a threat to established social order.