Anyone read this book? I started it last night and I'm already on the 200th page. Basically, it's about drugs (mainly LSD, Psylocibin Musrooms, Hash, Mescaline, Peyote, Cocaine, and Cannabis) were used throughout history by a wide variety of people and for a large number of reasons. To quote from the back of the book...

Taking Baudelaire's now famous title as its own, this anthology reveals the diverse roles mind-altering drugs have played troughout history. It brings together a multiplicity of voices to explore the presence - both secret and public - of drugs in the overlapping dialogues of science and religion, pleasure and madness, individualism and social control. From Apuleius' Golden Ass to Hunter S. Thompson's frenzied Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, via Sartre's nightmarish experiences with mescaline and Walter Benjamin's ecstatic wanderings on hashish, Artificial Paradises is packed full of the weird, the wonderful and the shocking.
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I give it a 5 out of 5, and recommend it to everyone who is interested in drugs, culture, religion, science, and history. Enjoy.
Hempamasta Reviewed by Hempamasta on . Artificial Paradises Anyone read this book? I started it last night and I'm already on the 200th page. Basically, it's about drugs (mainly LSD, Psylocibin Musrooms, Hash, Mescaline, Peyote, Cocaine, and Cannabis) were used throughout history by a wide variety of people and for a large number of reasons. To quote from the back of the book... . I give it a 5 out of 5, and recommend it to everyone who is interested in drugs, culture, religion, science, and history. Enjoy. Rating: 5