Stories by Martin A. Lee
Martin A. Lee is the author of "Acid Dreams: The Complete Social History of LSD -- The CIA, the Sixties and Beyond" (Grove Press). He is co-founder of the media watch group FAIR.
Dr. James Ketchum tested a potent form of synthetic marijuana on soldiers to develop a secret weapon in the '60s. Now he's telling the tale.
Posted on Jul 19, 2008
More than ten years after California's Compassionate Use Act was passed by voters, state and local officials are still collaborating with federal law enforcement to undermine it.
Posted on Jun 16, 2007
No American has ever been granted Canadian refugee status because of the war on drugs, but the times they may be changing.
Posted on Apr 5, 2005
A sprawling cultural history of illicit drug use in post-WWII America sets out to tell the whole truth about forbidden pharmacological fruit.
Posted on Nov 8, 2004
Do truth serums really work? A long history of experimentation by the U.S. government suggests some are trying to find out, even though the practice borders on torture.
Posted on Jun 11, 2002
The upcoming Winter Games will wreak ecological havoc in Utah, as pristine wilderness is overwhelmed by development, traffic, waste and energy consumption.
Posted on Feb 5, 2002
Our own government has launched a crusade against civil liberties and jihad against dissent.
Posted on Nov 27, 2001
If we had an aggressive, independent press corps, it might ask President Bush a few of these questions....
Posted on Sep 28, 2001
Ayahuasca, the most celebrated hallucinogenic drug of the Amazon, is under threat from both anti-narcotics agencies and corporations that want to patent and sell it for profits.
Posted on Jul 24, 2001
For U.S. policy-makers the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) on September 18th provides yet another opportunity for self-righteous, congratulatory proclamations about "winning the cold war." But the American public would be better served if U.S. officials marked this occasion by owning up to the CIA's original sin, which dates back to the spy agency's earliest days: its covert use of a Nazi spy network stuffed to the brim with war criminals.
Posted on Apr 26, 2000
