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The Zihuatanejo Project

Timothy Leary’s Psychedelic Center In Mexico

Nidia A. Olvera and Zinnia Capó
History of Pharmacy and Pharmaceuticals, October 2023, 65 (1) 63-92; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/hopp.65.1.63
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    Timothy Leary, Mexico, circa 1960, box 83, folder 39, Timothy Leary Papers.

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    “The Hallucinated People Hope to Continue Their Drug Experiments in Mexico,” La Prensa, June 16, 1963.

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