Annotation: Young American married couple, weary of life on welfare in a large city, travel into Central American jungle in search of a drug-using primitive tribe of which they have heard. Eventually they find an Eden-like place where the natives, though dominated by fears of supernatural beings, seem whole and happy. The Americans discover hallucinogenic mushrooms near the village, begin using them, and settle into an amiable life of tripping and telepathic contact with animals, insects, and plants. As story ends they are planning to turn on the unsuspecting villagers. —————————————————————————————— Author: Hollis, H. H. Title: Stoned counsel In: _Again, Dangerous Visions_, (Edited by Harlan Ellison) Publisher: Doubleday and Co., New York Pages: 270–281 Date: 1972 Format: Short story Descriptor: Drugs as mind-expanders Annotation: In world of near future hallucinogenic drugs have become a routine part of the legal process. Lawyers examine evidence that is fed to them in direct association with LSD and other drugs, and trials are conducted with prosecutors and defense attorneys both in a drug-enhanced mental state. Approach of the story is sympathetic and detached; drug-enhancement is depicted as a new phase, not necessarily negative in implication, in courtroom procedure. —————————————————————————————— Author: Jones, Langdon Title: The eye of the lens In: _The Eye of the Lens_ (By Langdon Jones) Publisher: Collier Books, New York Date: 1972 Pages: 53–90 Format: Short novel Descriptor: Drugs as mind-expanders Annotation: Avant-garde story without summarizable plot: it attempts to depict various cinematic and psychedelic modes of perception and includes (p. 84) an explicitly psychedelic scene within a British cathedral of the near future where hallucinatory religious rituals take place. —————————————————————————————— Author: Nelson, Ray Title: Time travel for pedestrians In: _Again, Dangerous Visions_, (Edited by Harlan Ellison) Publisher: Doubleday and Co., New York Date: 1972 Pages: 140–159 Format: Short story Descriptor: Drugs as mind-expanders Annotation: Protagonist, using crushed “flower seeds” plus auto-hypnotic techniques, embarks on a trip in which his consciousness perceives past existences. He travels mentally to medieval northern Europe, to Egypt shortly after the time of Jesus, to medieval southern France, and other eras. —————————————————————————————— Author: Niven, Larry Title: The fourth profession In: _Best Science Fiction of the Year_, Vol. I, (Edited by Terry Carr) Publisher: Ballantine Books, New York Pages: 293–340 Date: 1972 Format: Short novel Descriptor: Drugs as mind-expanders