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Science 13 April 1962:
Vol. 136. no. 3511, pp. 151 - 152
DOI: 10.1126/science.136.3511.151
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Dimethylacetamide: A Hitherto Unrecognized Hallucinogenic Agent

Arthur J. Weiss 1, Elliott L. Mancall 1, John A. Koltes 1, Joseph C. White 1, and Laird G. Jackson 1

1 Jefferson Medical College Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dimethylacetamide in large doses was found to be a potent hallucinogenic drug in the human. Characteristic electroencephalographic changes accompanied the clinical abnormalities.

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