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The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 124, No. 5

Articles | November 01, 1967

The Great Banana Hoax

LOUIS BOZZETTI; STEPHEN GOLDSMITH; J. THOMAS UNGERLEIDER

Am J Psychiatry 1967;124:678-679.

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Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Behavioral Sciences, 55 Shattuck Street, Boston, Mass. 02115

Neuropsychiatric Institute, University of California at Los Angeles

1967-68, American Psychiatric Association

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Abstract

The recent practice of smoking dried banana scrapings to achieve a "psychedelic experience" led the authors to investigate the hallucinogenic properties of bananadine, or "mellow yellow." They conclude that the "active ingredient" in bananadine is the psychic suggestibility of the user in the proper setting.

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