LSD: Insight or Insanity? (1967)
Sidney Cohen: Self
Quotes
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Dr. Sidney Cohen : I've spoken to a large number of young people, asking them, "Why do you take LSD?" They've given me a variety of answers. The most frequent are the following.
Teenage Girl : I took it the first time, because I was curious.
Teenage Boy : Under LSD, God is not a faraway idea. He's something that's right inside you - that you're experiencing now.
Teenage Girl #2 : I took LSD for a kick.
Teenage Boy #2 : Man, LSD is like a vitamin for the brain. I mean, to expand your mind.
Teenage Boy #3 : LSD stimulates creativity in the brain. In other words, it expands your - your thought process to, so that you can take in more.
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Dr. Sidney Cohen : Creativity is 90% perspiration and only 10% inspiration. And, LSD doesn't enhance ones desire to perspire.
Teenage Boy : LSD is a - is a really groovy way to find out more about the things around you.
Teenage Girl #2 : LSD helps you understand the whole world better.
Teenage Boy #3 : LSD helps you to understand your own mind. It releases your mind to you.
Teenage Boy #2 : LSD is a way about finding out about yourself. About your own problems.