A look at the dangers and benefits of the hallucinogenic drug LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide). Much of this documentary was filmed at a foundation for psychedelic research in Millbrook, New York, run by psychologist Timothy Leary. Featuring Timothy Leary, Richard Alpert (Ram Dass), Ralph Metzner, and more. Back in the 1960′s a former Harvard professor stopped giving A’s, B’s and C’s and started handing out LSD. his name was tomothy Leary and he was at the center of a controversy in North America over the growing use of psychedelic drugs. Leary ran a research center in New York state where young people took ‘acid’ while he took notes. The media took notice.