The Untold Story of the Fonda Family

In the real world, rebellion carries a price. Peter Fonda learned that early. His drug use—particularly LSD—wasn’t some Hollywood publicity stunt. It was a lens through which he tried to make sense of his fractured childhood, the lies of patriotism, and the emotional desert in which he’d grown up.

During the 1960s, he was arrested for possession and scrutinized by studios who didn’t know what to make of him. But Peter wasn’t aiming for respectability. He was interested in exploration—both inner and outer. He saw psychedelics as spiritual tools, not vices. For him, the real danger was conformity.