Youth: Tripping on Banana Peels

For turned-on hippies, the search for new and legal "highs" is endless. In recent years, youthful mind-benders have tripped (or thought they did) on everything from airplane glue to morning-glory seeds, from nutmeg to black tea.

But now that the psychedelic "revolution" is really under way, they are discovering new highs with dizzying speed, and their discoveries are passed quickly around the underground through such newspapers as Manhattan's East Village Other and the Berkeley Barb.

Current smokes include almost anything from the supermarket spice and herb shelves plus dried hydrangea leaves, chlorine-soaked lettuce,...