Word: farnsworth
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Speaking at the Ford Hall Forum in Jordan Hall, Dr. Farnsworth said that illegal, non-medical drugs contract minds rather than expanding them. "The heavy drug user often has a closed mind toward other, non-drug experiences," he said. "He denies other people's perceptions and withdraws from the values of the non-drug...
...Farnsworth said that the current laws classifying marijuana with hard narcotics were "unreasonable, harsh, unrealistic, and damaging to the fight against drug abuse...
...Farnsworth characterized the behavior of a typical heavy marijuana user as being unmotivated and non-communicative. "After they're set in the pattern," he said, "they often can't cope with reality. Responsible, achievement-oriented students change, their minds begin to drift...
...pill-oriented, medicated society" is partially responsible for the increase in drug abuse, Dr. Farnsworth said. "It is not unusual for people to take as many as six mind altering drugs in one day," he said. "They begin with caffeine, go through nicotine, dict pills, tranquilizers, alcohol, and finish with sleeping pills...
Responding to a question from the audience, Dr. Farnsworth estimated that two-thirds of the Harvard undergraduates had tried pot, but only ten per cent of that two-thirds (approximately seven per cent) were regular users. "The number of LSD users fluctuates," he said, "but it's not very high...