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The Acid Tests were a series of parties held by author Ken Kesey primarily in the San Francisco Bay Area during the mid-1960s, centered on the use of and advocacy for the psychedelic drug LSD, commonly known as "acid". LSD was not made illegal in California until October 6, 1966, under Governor Ronald Reagan's administration.
An acid test is a qualitative chemical or metallurgical assay utilizing acid. Historically, it often involved the use of a robust acid to distinguish gold from base metals . Figuratively, the term represents any definitive test for attributes, such as gauging a person's character or evaluating a product's performance.
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test is a 1968 nonfiction book by Tom Wolfe [2] written in the New Journalism literary style. By 1970, this style began to be referred to as Gonzo journalism , a term coined for the work of Hunter S. Thompson.
Acid test is a qualitative chemical or metallurgical assay which uses acid, or figuratively a definitive test for some attribute, e.g. of a person's character, or of the performance of a product. Acid test or acid tests may also refer to:
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The former chemistry student set up a private LSD lab in the mid-60s in San Francisco and supplied the LSD consumed at the famous Acid Test parties held by Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters, as well as the Human Be-In in San Francisco in January 1967 [41] and the Monterey International Pop Festival in June 1967. [42]
Rotavirus. A nucleic acid test (NAT) is a technique used to detect a particular nucleic acid sequence and thus usually to detect and identify a particular species or subspecies of organism, often a virus or bacterium that acts as a pathogen in blood, tissue, urine, etc. NATs differ from other tests in that they detect genetic materials (RNA or DNA) rather than antigens or antibodies.