American Dope: Acid Dreams

I could write whole paragraphs on what a piece of schlock this so-called documentary is. It's basically a version of that sensational piece of government propaganda, "Reefer Madness," only this could be called "Acid Madness". Using breathless, hyperbolic narration, it basically recounts some of the most hyperbolic and lurid events of the 1960s while managing to make LSD the narrative thread even when it makes no sense. Weird, sad, unfortunate. It completely ignores all the serious research that was done during the 1940s-1970s on psychedelics as therapeutic tools for healing people with depression, addiction, terminal illnesses, etc. ... research that is now coming back into use. This documentary, if it were well made, could set back that effort. Fortunately, its very badly made and isn't worth watching. So don't watch it; that's my recommendation.