Review: 'A Drug-Taker's Notes' by Richard Heron Ward

Originally published in Britain, in 1957, 'A Drug-Taker's Notes' by Richard Heron Ward describes 6 LSD sessions the author undertook between 1954-55, under the supervision of a medical psychiatrist only identified as Dr. X. The doctor was studying the effects both on herself and mentally ill patients, which corresponds to what LSD manufacturers Sandoz deemed as valuable research methods for the hallucinogen. Richard Ward's role was as a 'mentally balanced' control subject, asked to join the research by his friend Dr. X. As far as I’m aware, this is the only edition of the book ever published and is the first literary account of the LSD experience.