Reinecke & Shulgin at Drug Hearings

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Film Date
10/24/69
Film Reference Number
KPIX 100511
Description
KPIX Eyewitness News report from October 24th 1969 featuring scenes from hearings press conferences and interviews about the regulation and use of hallucinogenic drugs. Includes criticism of The Beatles and Timothy Leary Lieutenant Governor Edwin Reinecke speculating that pills may be engineered to "self destruct" and Alexander Shulgin reflecting that it's impossible to fully control access to the STP hallucinogen that he synthesized.
Format
16mm newsfilm