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...Richard Alpert, assistant professor of Clinical Psychology, said last night that attempts to restrict his research with consciousness- expanding drugs limit the "freedom of the individual to explore himself...
Claiming that existing legislation prevents the Food and Drug Administration from making proper provision for the use of such drugs as psilocybin, mescaline and LSD, Alpert said that society must make it possible for drugs to be used for "growth and education." In fact, he questioned whether consciousness expanding drugs ought to be classified as drugs. "Perhaps they should be called mental vitamins or mental health foods," he suggested...
...Alpert Regrets Harvard's Decision...
...response to a question, Alpert said he felt "very badly" that Harvard had found it necessary to rule that no undergraduates could take part in his experiments. Expressing understanding of the University's position, he said that he and the University had "parted amicably" although he was disappointed that the experiments "could not go on at a university which prizes freedom and inquiry...
While stating that undergraduates, as a group, were not especially significant as experimentees, Alpert did not specifically say that undergraduates would not be permitted to enter the experiments carried on under the auspices of the International Foundation for Internal Freedom (IFIF), a group Alpert and others organized last fall. He said "We have tried to deal openly with the interests of undergraduates...