Usage Note: Native American is now fully established in American English as an equivalent of Indian, being acceptable in all contemporary contexts and preferred in many. It is especially appropriate as a term of respect used by outsiders, who may have concerns that Indian could cause offense by its association with longstanding cultural stereotypes.
In Basel, Switzerland, Albert Hoffman, a Swiss chemist working at the Sandoz pharmaceutical research laboratory, accidentally consumes LSD-25, a synthetic drug he had created in 1938 as part of his research into the medicinal value of lysergic acid compounds.
In 1964, Bob Dylan introduced the Beatles to marijuana which became their drug of choice for a few years. In the spring of 1965, George Harrison's friend and dentist introduced John to LSD, which Lennon claimed to have used often and regularly from 1965 through 1967. In 1968, he and Yoko snorted heroin.