Word: alpert
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Psilocybin research will continue at the University under partial medical supervision, and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health plans no action against Richard Alpert, assistant fessor of Clinical Psychology, or Timothy Leary, lecturer on Clinical Psychology, the CRIMSON learned last night...
...Alpert commented "I don't consider this a hypnotic drug...
...understanding," Alpert stated, "that the laws of the State of Massachusetts do not forbid the use of this drug by qualified researchers under proper conditions...
According to Michael, currently conducting an inquiry into Alpert's psilocybin research, the State "harmful drug" law requires that hypnotic or somnifacient (sleep-producing) drugs be given by physicians only. Noting that the Massachusetts law is more stringent than the corresponding federal law, the commissioner said that as far as he was concerned the federal government was not important in this case, and that it "need only provide an army and navy...
When told of Michael's remarks, Edward M. Ginsburg, Alpert's attorney, maintained that the legal status of psilocybin was still uncertain. He refused to make any further comment before the results of a meeting scheduled for Thursday with state officials...