Psychotherapist barred from USA for writing about LSD

topic posted Wed, April 25, 2007 - 8:36 PM by  Bob
LSD as Therapy? Write about It, Get Barred from USA

BC psychotherapist denied entry after border guard googled his work.

By Linda Solomon
Published: April 23, 2007

thetyee.ca/News/2007/04/23/Feldmar/

The Blaine border guard explained that Feldmar had been pulled out of
the line as part of a random search. He seemed friendly, even as he
took away Feldmar's passport and car keys. While the contents of his
car were being searched, Feldmar and the officer talked. He asked
Feldmar what profession he was in.

When Feldmar said he was psychologist, the official typed his name
into his Internet search engine. Before long the customs guard was
engrossed in an article Feldmar had published in the spring 2001 issue
of the journal Janus Head. The article concerned an acid trip Feldmar
had taken in London, Ontario, and another in London, England, almost
forty years ago. It also alluded to the fact that he had used
hallucinogenics as a "path" to understanding self and that in certain
cases, he reflected, it could "be preferable to psychiatry."
Everything seemed to collapse around him, as a quiet day crossing the
border began to turn into a nightmare.
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