Video: 'Paul McCartney admits taking LSD'

(Monday, June 19, 1967) — Three days after Life magazine ran an interview with Paul McCartney, in which he became the first Beatle to publicly reveal that he had taken acid, McCartney, the last Beatle to actually take LSD, confirmed the admission today on camera during an interview at his London home with Independent Television News (ITN).

McCartney’s on-camera admission followed his confirmation to a newspaper reporter in today’s edition of London’s Daily Mirror.

Video: 'THE BEATLES & DRUGS' (June 19, 1967, at 1:49/2:29)