Word: users
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...taking psychedelie drugs could be dangerous, but that one shouldn't be afraid of them. He compared the "adventure" of the journey into inner-space is flying a plane. Just as a pilot must know how to land as well as how to take off. Albert explained a drug user must know how to "re-enter his mind once he has left...
...world's biggest single user of computers is the U.S. Government, which spends $1 billion a year to buy, rent and maintain 1,767 machines-not including most of the top-secret machines used by the Pentagon. "The electronic computer," President Johnson said recently, "has enabled the Government to carry out programs which otherwise would have been impossible." Computers make out 95% of the Government's paychecks, keep track of all the G.I. shoes, socks and weapons all over the world, register the course, direction and speed of all shipping in the North Atlantic and, this year...
...Danger: Habituation. How perilous is pot? Medical authorities agree that it is not biochemically addictive, that it does not induce the physiological craving or withdrawal symptoms of such drugs as heroin or cocaine. It affects the user's judgment, and if used daily, will dull a student's initiative and drive, but on the whole, "marijuana is probably less dangerous than alcohol," insists Rand Corp.'s drug expert William McGlothlin. "The dangers have been grossly overrated and the legal penalties are far too severe...
Sullivan's report raised the possibility of heroin traffic in the Square. Most observers believe that the traffic is primarily limited to marijuana which is generally smoked by the user and is not addictive. Heroin is addictive and usually injected directly into the blood stream by the addict...
...Federal Government has long provided specialized services-from chicken inspectors to channel buoys-for U.S. businessmen. As boss of the nation's biggest business, President Johnson insisted last week that the Government be paid more for such services. The budget he sent to Congress proposes new or increased "user" taxes that, if approved completely, would realize another $600 million for the Government. Some of the proposals, however, date back to Harry Truman's day, and even a tame Congress may considerably whittle down Johnson's requests...