1970

Gerald Klerman coins term “pharmacological Calvinism” to denote belief system in which drug use is held to be bad and potentially dangerous if it makes you feel good: “A drug that makes a subject feel good either is somehow morally wrong or is going to be paid for with dependence, liver damage, chromosomal change, or some other form of secular theological retribution” (Healy I, 227). Congress replaces Harrison Act with Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act, which classified drugs into five schedules. Schedule 1 included drugs with high potential for abuse and no accepted medical, e.g., cannabis and LSD, even though cannabis had been a staple of psychiatric pharmacotherapy in 19th century and LSD still held promise as a therapy and research tool (Healy II, 164).