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...mescaline, which are often whipped up in unpoliced labs in uncontrolled ways, present different problems. The condition that the experts call HPPD (hallucinogen persisting perception disorder) and that users call flashbacks is a very real problem. But Halpern says it is relatively rare, striking mostly people who use LSD specifically. But there are other risks too. Some trips have ended catastrophically, with suicides or fatal accidents. In other cases, the disaster was not physical but emotional. "There were a lot of people who decompensated into major mental illness," says Dr. Charles Grob, a professor of psychiatry at UCLA's school...
...rare for teenagers of any generation to think that far ahead, never mind the cohort that reached adolescence at the height of the drug boom. It may be impossible to slow the demographic conveyor belt that's going to dump so many of them into the senior population with a habit they picked up during their summers of love. But it's not too late for them to shake it off, achieving the peace in the last chapters of their lives that the drugs promised them in the first...
...Resources Committee, said the Faculty would begin dipping directly into its endowment by 2010 in order to pay for part of the deficit. Their presentation outlined a plan to “decapitalize” part of the Faculty’s endowment—a rare measure that transfers additional endowment money into the budget on top of the normal annual payout.In addition to decapitalization, the committee’s plan emphasized a more concerted and aggressive fundraising effort, which they said would raise an extra $15–$19 million in 2010. Increased financial support from the University...
...yesterday’s meeting of the full Faculty of the Arts and Sciences (FAS), the Faculty closed its door to the press and voted to dismiss an undergraduate, a rare event that has occurred less than once a year in the past decade. Citing privacy concerns, FAS administrators did not release the student’s name or the reasons he or she was dismissed, but FAS Director of Communications Robert Mitchell did confirm that the motion to dismiss passed. According to Mitchell, before yesterday the Faculty has only voted five times in the past decade to dismiss...
...Jones and junior Jason Degnan-Rojeski.“We were very strong in both butterflies,” said co-captain Dave Cromwell, who won two relays and one individual victory. “We placed one through four in the 100 butterfly, which is a pretty rare occurrence.”Freshman Bill Jones narrowly beat his brother, Dan, to score first in the 100 butterfly in 57.28. Rathgeber scored one of his victories in the 400 individual medley. Rathgeber also notched an earlier victory in the 100 meter breaststroke. Although the Crimson often notches first place finishes...