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Psychedelic drugs cause paranoia, confusion, and total loss of reality in politicians that have never taken them.

Timothy Leary

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Timothy Leary
Age: 75 †
Born: 1920
Born: October 22
Died: 1996
Died: May 31
Actor
Psychologist
Writer
Springfield
Massachusetts
Timothy Francis Leary
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Confusion
Reality
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Paranoia

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