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The text is a review of the book "American Trip: Set, Setting, and the Psychedelic Experience in the Twentieth Century" by Ido Hartogsohn. The reviewer discusses the importance of set and setting in psychedelic research and the integration of psychedelic studies into the field of Science, Technology, and Society (STS). The book explores the history and meaning of set and setting in psychedelic experiences, focusing on five principal protagonists and examining different perspectives in the 1950s and 1960s. The reviewer praises the book for disentangling contemporary conceptions of psychedelics from countercultural associations and suggests it is a landmark publication for scholars in critical psychedelic studies. They also discuss the need for further exploration of feminist and decolonial perspectives in psychedelic research. The reviewer concludes that the book provides valuable insights for the sustainable shaping of the psychedelic revival and expresses gratitude for how it has helped them work through their trauma. [Extracted from the article]

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