The Great Banana Hoax
LOUIS BOZZETTI JR. M.D.1,
STEPHEN GOLDSMITH M.D.2, , and
J. THOMAS UNGERLEIDER M.D.2
1 Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Behavioral Sciences, 55 Shattuck Street, Boston, Mass. 02115
2 Neuropsychiatric Institute, University of California at Los Angeles
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.
