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===Recreational drugs=== [[File:Ginsberg-leary-lilly.jpg|thumb|right|Allen Ginsberg, Timothy Leary, and [[John C. Lilly]] in 1991]] Ginsberg talked often about drug use. He organized the New York City chapter of LeMar (Legalize Marijuana).<ref>Fisher, Marc (February 22, 2014). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/marijuanas-rising-acceptance-comes-after-many-failures-is-it-now-legalizations-time/2014/02/22/9adc8502-98dd-11e3-80ac-63a8ba7f7942_story.html Marijuana's rising acceptance comes after many failures. Is it now legalization's time?] ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved August 3, 2016.</ref> Throughout the 1960s he took an active role in the demystification of [[Lysergic acid diethylamide|LSD]], and, with [[Timothy Leary]], worked to promote its common use. He remained for many decades an advocate of [[Legalization of non-medical cannabis in the United States|marijuana legalization]], and, at the same time, warned his audiences against the hazards of tobacco in his ''Put Down Your Cigarette Rag (Don't Smoke):'' "Don't Smoke Don't Smoke Nicotine Nicotine No / No don't smoke the official Dope Smoke Dope Dope."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alex |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B4PEfAEwUQ8C&pg=PA26 |title=Literary Miscellany: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Literature |year= 2010 |publisher=Skyhorse Publishing Inc. |isbn=978-1-61608-095-2}}</ref>
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