Beatnik poet Allen Ginsberg, communications guru Marshall McLuhan, and Star columnist Sidney Katz joined thousands at the University of Toronto starting February 11, 1967, for a weekend conference. Under discussion: the many wonders of LSD. Students at U of T, with the ‘University College Literary and Athletic Society’, organized “Perception ‘67” to discuss LSD’s place in contemporary culture. Canadians, especially university students, were fast developing a taste for the still-legal hallucinogenic drug. Poetry readings by Ginsberg, an LSD-themed art installation (“Mind Excursion”), and a panel talk were all part of the agenda.

Source: thestar February 11, 2017 12:56 UTC