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Acid Tests
Part of the Hippie movement
An Acid Test handbill
Date1965-1966
LocationCalifornia, Texas

The Acid Tests were a series of parties held by author Ken Kesey primarily in the San Francisco Bay Area during the mid-1960s, centered on the use of and advocacy for the psychedelic drug LSD, commonly known as "acid". LSD was not made illegal in California until October 6, 1966.

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