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===Drug use=== The original members of the Beat Generation used several different drugs, including alcohol, [[cannabis (drug)|marijuana]], [[Amphetamine|benzedrine]], [[morphine]], and later [[psychedelic drug]]s such as [[peyote]], [[ayahuasca]], and [[Lysergic acid diethylamide|LSD]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-lundberg/drugs-literature-poetry_b_1011124.html|title=The Great Drug-Induced Poems|last=Lundberg|first=John|date=2011-10-16|website=Huffington Post|access-date=2017-09-12}}</ref> They often approached drugs experimentally, initially being unfamiliar with their effects. Their drug use was broadly inspired by intellectual interest, and many Beat writers thought that their drug experiences enhanced creativity, insight, or productivity.<ref>Allen Ginsberg, [https://books.google.com/books?id=7jEwBwAAQBAJ&dq=allen+ginsberg+lsd+every+man+woman+child&pg=PT219 ''The Essential Ginsberg''], Penguin UK, 2015.</ref> The use of drugs was a key influence on many of the social events of the time that were personal to the Beat generation.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.beatdom.com/substance-use/|title=Substance Use|date=2010-09-14|work=Beatdom|access-date=2017-09-12}}</ref>
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