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...complete reversal of his previous positions, Timothy F. Leary admitted yesterday that "LSD may be creating a new race of mutants...
Leary hastened, however, to praise the gains which have resulted from experiments with LSD and other hallucinogens. "LSD cures alcoholism accelerates learning, and may be helpful in treating all forms of mental illness," he said. But because of possible harmful side-effects of the drug, he advised development of further methods to produce the psychedelic effects without using LSD...
...such recognized LSD experts as Los Angeles' Dr. Sidney Cohen, author of The Beyond Within (TIME, Dec. 18, 1964), the "acid head" who is "taking a trip" is more likely to become passively fascinated by the glories or horrors of contemplating his own navel than to react violently against others. Suicide is a more probable result than murder. But Dr. Cohen concedes that any man who stays on LSD for three days would require repeated, increasing doses, and might have reactions not previously seen by psychiatrists. Equally important is the basic personality of the LSD user: on college campuses...
...Legal Supply. Inevitably, police and prosecutors got together with medical experts in a secret but carefully publicized conference to figure out ways of cutting down the illicit LSD traffic and the abuses to which the drug is put. They were likely to be even less successful than they have been with narcotics because bootleg LSD is relatively easy to manufacture. The stuff is made from lysergic acid, which is extracted from a fungus that grows on rye. By itself, it is neither dangerous nor expensive. It is usually imported from Europe. Processing it to LSD (dextro-lysergic acid diethylamide...
Ironically, the one source of LSD that could be shut off instantly was the strictly controlled and limited supply that the only legal manufacturer, Sandoz Pharmaceuticals, has been doling out to a small number of carefully investigated medical researchers. There have been no recent reports that any Sandoz LSD was getting into a black market, but fearing public reaction to the very fact that it was manufacturing the drug, Sandoz stopped all deliveries...