The title is a long question, but the answer is pr...  ...lfe’s nonfiction book The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test . Kesey had volunteered to be a subject in the CIA...  ...LSD with others, and opening the events, called Acid Tests , to the public. LSD wasn’t outlawed until 1...  ...ion was expected....

In 1965 and '66, author Ken Kesey and his friends,...  ...erry Pranksters, held a series of parties called " acid tests ." LSD, which was not outlawed in the U.S. until 1...  ...ancisco. A "graduation" for those who "passed the acid test " was scheduled for Halloween, 1966. The circ...  ...fe in his 1968 no...