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This statement does not coincide with scientifically observed fact. Besides being misleading, it is irresponsible and, if taken seriously by uninformed individuals, it could do a great deal of harm. Actually the ingestion of this drug can precipitate peychetic reactions in some apparently normal persons. It has been known to increase slight depressions into suicidal ones and to produce schisophrenie-like reactions...
...fact that a failure to test would result in a serious military imbalance and, consequently, de-stabilization of the nuclear stalmate, the President might be absolutely justified in concluding that the resulting threat to peace outweighs the highly problematical (although not, for that reason, less tragic) risk of harm. As I say, I hope this is not the correct conclusion. But it seems to me frivolous to assert, without evidence, that this cannot ever be the situation...
Mescaline is not another variety of "dope." It is absolutely non-habit-forming, causes no adverse physiological effects, and does not harm the body even when taken regularly over long periods of time. How it works is not fully known, but in some way it seems related to the biochemical mechanisms of schizophrenia and tranquilizers. It produces relatively few physical symptoms, wears off in eight to twelve hours, and leaves no after-effects. In short, there is no reason for a normal, healty individual, if so inclined, not to take mescaline with impunity on occasion...
...disease is the most frequent cause of eyeball-scarring infections in the U.S., and for no known reason it is becoming commoner. Its scars are the main reason for corneal transplants. Its cause is the versatile virus herpes simplex, which usually does no more harm than to touch off annoying fever blisters or canker sores in the mouth, but may cause blindness if it reaches the eyes, or even death if it attacks the brain...
Henry Adams once described the passive role of Harvard in his famous judgment that the college was good only because it did him less harm than any other way he might have spent four years. Such a doctrine is, however, bad for the educator's self-esteem, and can scarcely be the basis of an explicit theory. Today, with four of every five seniors headed for graduate study, Harvard has become the world's largest prep school. Like any prep school, it is filled with students who are essentially reduced to the rank of adolescents, because their graduation will mark...