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...REPORTS (CBS, 10-11 p.m.). In "LSD: The Spring Grove Experiment," two patients are followed through a successful course of treatment (including an LSD "experience") at Spring Grove State Hospital, Md. Repeat...
...Having taken LSD [June 17], I conclude that the distinction between its valid use for therapeutic purposes and its quasi-perversion for "spiritual" purposes is important. As Avatar Meher Baba, an Eastern master of consciousness, said, "The experiences that drugs induce are as far removed from reality as is a mirage from water. No matter how much you pursue the mirage, you will never quench your thirst, and the search for truth through drugs must end in disillusionment...
...Amsterdam chimneys white to eliminate smoke and soot. They have also printed dynamite recipes for anyone interested in blowing up the burgomaster's house. When Crown Princess Beatrix married West German Diplomat Claus von Amsberg last March, they threatened to spike the city's water supply with LSD and stampede the horse-drawn wedding coach with a herd of white mice. Last week in a fourday riot, the Provos proved that they were no laughing matter...
Some researchers, while sneering along with Dr. Ziporyn at the view of LSD as instant mysticism, feel that the psychedelic drugs may eventually do more than merely give the psychiatrist a better look. There is evidence that it may be effective in rehabilitating alcoholics and narcotics addicts. Several doctors, among them Eric Kast of the Chicago Medical School, have reported LSD useful in relieving both the pain and anxiety of dying patients. Kast theorizes that the dissolution of anticipation, the concentration on the present moment, which may be beneficial to the dying, is also what appeals to some...
...responsible authority favors use of LSD without close scientific supervision. On the other hand, no responsible authority wants to stop research into the potentially vast possibilities of LSD and other "mind drugs." New substances are already forecast, notably a "smart pill," derived from RNA, to speed up the learning process; this has given rise to the slightly uneasy crack that in a few years "people won't ask you what books you're reading, but what drugs you're taking." Some of the drugs may be bubbling even now in the retorts of Dr. Hofmann...