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74: The Psychedelic Disaster

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Did the CIA spike a French Town? Or was it a case of contaminated bread? We might never know, but we do know that whatever happened resulted in a truly psychedelic disaster...



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References and Further Reading 
  1. https://www.britannica.com/science/ergot
  2. http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/wong/BOT135/LECT12.HTM
  3. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6640538/
  4. https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/pharmacology-toxicology-and-pharmaceutical-science/ergotism
  5. https://www.britannica.com/science/ergotism
  6. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2069953/
  7. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-10996838
  8. https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/24/arts/24iht-blume.1.14718462.html
  9. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/558020/pont-saint-esprit-france-1951-bread-poisoning-mass-hallucinations

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