{
  "id": 11486676,
  "title": "This Obscure 1960s Guide to LSD Holds Up",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/this-obscure-1960s-guide-to-lsd-holds-up",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-02T17:00:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nautilus",
    "slug": "nautilus",
    "url": "https://nautil.us/this-obscure-1960s-guide-to-lsd-holds-up-1285476/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In the early 1960s, Lisa Bieberman, a scholar working in Cambridge, MA, quietly published a guide called \"Session Games People Play: A Manual for the Use of LSD.\" Her aim was to provide practical advice to help people have safer and more accessible psychedelic experiences. This guide, published in 1967, has recently been evaluated by a team of scientists who found that over 86 percent of the over 500 psychedelic users and guides surveyed agreed with 18 out of 19 of Bieberman's individual advice items. The scientists, led by Daniel Kruger, a psychedelic researcher at the University of Michigan, published their findings in the journal Psychedelics. Bieberman's work is particularly relevant today as the use of psychedelics has surged, with almost 11 million people using them in the past year. Unlike the flamboyant figures like Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert, Bieberman's approach was practical and pragmatic, earning her a revival in the psychedelic community.",
  "summary": "A survey of more than 500 private psychedelic users finds real utility in a 60-year-old pamphlet on safe tripping penned by a pioneer of harm reduction The post This Obscure 1960s Guide to LSD Holds Up appeared first on Nautilus .",
  "key_points": [
    "Lisa Bieberman published 'Session Games People Play' in 1967.",
    "86% of surveyed users agreed with 18 out of 19 advice items.",
    "Bieberman's practical approach is relevant as psychedelics use surges."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}