LSD could have many therapeutic applications - especially for challenging existing doctrines and with managing addictions. But the government probably didn't wa

LSD could have many therapeutic applications - especially for challenging existing doctrines and with managing addictions. But the government probably didn't want people to be freed of these mindsets. The CIA immediately started testing it as a mind control substance and an adjunct to torture. They conducted thousands of cruel experiments, most of them without the consent of the experimentee's, usually on prisoners and people in mental institutions. I wouldn't put all the blame on Leary and other harmless eccentrics.