Kairos in "L.S.D. Users Not Part of 'Love Generation'"

The kairos in this article was the prevalent use of LSD and other substances in America in the 1960s. In the 1960s, a growing group of people were using LSD as part of the youth counterculture. In addition to drug use, youth counterculture advocated a return to nature and a "dropping out" from societal expectations. In the article, psychiatrists at the UCSF Medical Center found that users of LSD had mental and social issues, such as non social or anti social tendencies, anger, and family issues, and in higher rates than non LSD users that were hospitalized. LSD users also self-identified as "drop-outs". However, it was found that in most cases, these problems existed before the users of LSD started taking the drug, and users of LSD frequently took other drugs. This article suggested that there could be problems associated with taking LSD, but such problems were not necessarily, or even not likely a result of LSD itself, but with conditions that predisposed people to taking LSD. The psychiatrists said that those who took LSD were "the patients for whom LSD is not helpful," suggesting that LSD could in fact be helpful for some people. The suggestion that LSD could be beneficial for certain people and that potential downsides could in most cases be attributed to conditions that made people predisposed to taking LSD was extremely relevant given the growing popularity of counterculture at the time.