By the mid-60s the backlash against the use of LSD and its perceived corrosive effects on the values of the Western middle class resulted in governmental action to restrict the availability of the drug by making any use of it illegal [REF].
The governors of Nevada and California both signed bills into law on May 30, 1966 to control LSD, making them the first two states to outlaw the manufacture, sale, and possession of the drug.