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Slideshow: It Takes Money to Feed Your Head

Psychedelic books, guitars and artwork go up for auction on eBay. The proceeds will help cover the costs of clinical research into psychoactive drugs like ecstasy and marijuana. By Kristen Philipkoski.
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Alexander Shulgin, an icon in psychedelic drug research, donated several beakers and other glassware from his laboratory.

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Stevee Postman created this brain and eyeball image for the 60th anniversary of LSD in 2003. The work, donated by Jon Hanna, organizer of the Mind States conference, is signed by LSD creator Albert Hoffman, who is now 99.
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Mary Kleefeld donated this 2004 oil painting on canvas. Famous owners of her art include Ted Turner, Laura Huxley, the Downey Museum of Art and the United Nations.
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Paul Kuhn, board member of medical marijuana advocacy group NORML, donated a week at his home on the coast of Ibiza in Spain.
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Timothy Leary signed a geisha-themed LSD blotter paper artwork up for auction on eBay to raise money for MAPS, an organization that promotes psychedelic drug research.