The Tumbler Ridge News of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Canada sets the historic record straight:
“The psychedelic era did not begin in New York. Nor did it get its start in London or Paris.”
“Instead, it began in Saskatchewan – Weyburn, to be exact.”
“Psychedelic was a term coined by Dr. Humphry F. Osmond from the use of lysergic acid diethylamide – better known as LSD – in medical research in the southern Saskatchewan community. Eventually the word would become synonymous with an entire culture in the 1960s. … ”
For the history buffs among you… . <smile>