▁Le ary ' s ▁ 1 9 6 6 ▁book ▁Psych ed el ic ▁P ray ers : ▁And ▁Other ▁Med itations ▁with ▁Ralph ▁Met z ner ▁and ▁Michael ▁Hor ow itz . ▁The ▁po ems ▁in ▁the ▁book ▁were ▁inspired ▁by ▁the ▁T ao ▁Te ▁Ch ing , ▁and ▁meant ▁to ▁be ▁used ▁as ▁an ▁aid ▁to ▁L SD ▁tri ps . ▁Wood ru ff ▁helped ▁Le ary ▁prepare ▁week end ▁multimedia ▁work sh ops ▁sim ulating ▁the ▁psych ed el ic ▁experience , ▁which ▁were ▁presented ▁around ▁the ▁East ▁Coast . ▁ ▁In ▁September ▁ 1 9 6 6 , ▁Le ary ▁said ▁in ▁a ▁famous ▁Play boy ▁magazine ▁interview ▁that ▁L SD ▁could ▁c ure ▁hom osex ual ity . ▁According ▁to ▁him , ▁a ▁les bian ▁became ▁heter osex ual ▁after ▁using ▁the ▁drug . ▁Like ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁psych iat ric ▁field , ▁he ▁later ▁decided ▁that ▁hom osex ual ity ▁was ▁not ▁an ▁ill ness ▁in ▁need ▁of ▁a ▁c ure . ▁ ▁By ▁ 1 9 6 6 , ▁use ▁of ▁psych ed el ics ▁by ▁America ' s ▁youth ▁had ▁reached ▁such ▁proport ions ▁that ▁serious ▁concerns ▁about ▁the ▁nature ▁of ▁these ▁dru gs ▁and ▁the ▁impact ▁their ▁use ▁was ▁having ▁on ▁American ▁culture ▁were ▁expressed ▁in ▁the ▁national ▁press ▁and ▁h alls ▁of ▁government . ▁In ▁response ▁to ▁these ▁concerns , ▁Senator ▁Thomas ▁D odd ▁of ▁Connecticut ▁conven ed ▁Senate ▁sub comm ittee ▁hear ings ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁try ▁to ▁better ▁understand ▁the ▁drug