Broward Community College - Silver Sands Yearbook (Fort Lauderdale, FL)

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lSD-lysergic acid diethylamide. A powerful, physically non-addictive drug which produces hallucinations. Nl

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'f-2 Q-JNE of the functions of the Lyceum prograin is to introduce students to the lively arts. jack and Sally jenkins. though warm and attractive people, could not he classified this wav. Their show was not up to the usual ex- cellence we have been receiving in the past. ln parts. they were entertaining. There was no douht of their tal- ents. .lack jenkins offered a beau- tiful rendition of Yesterday with the aid of his guitar. Sally len- kins displayed more than once the range and depth of her lovely voice. notahly in an operatic se- lection from La Boheme. She also gave support with her flute in such numbers as Shadow of Your Smile. Unfortunately, this was not the norm. At times, they seemed un- sure, dropped lyrics, or appeared too cute and lovely. They have promise. with voices like theirs they shouldl It is hoped, however, that somehow they will get the idea that the Hammer Song is not a frug number and Mickey Mouse is a bit much for the average college student. 4 Q 4 1 I1 1 l -1 t I 2 V .l F.

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LSD is not a new drug. It is a new kick. TUDENTS on campuses all over the U. S. are aware of LSD. From llarvard to Berkeley. Alaska to Miami. colleges are feeling its impact. Its kick, Doctors, too, are aware of the drug. Aware of it as a possible help or cure in the treatment of mental patients. Their experiments are an effort to see if the drug can indeed be useful to science and psychiatrists. XYhere did LSD come from? What is its origin? XVhat effect has it really had on those students brutish enough to use it? Has it actually been help- ful to doctors and their patients? This reporter sought answers to these questions, through interviews with students, a television pro- gram and articles appearing in newspapers and magazines. LSD is not a new drug. It is a new kick. The drug itself was developed by Dr. Albert Hofmann in Switzerland about 1938. Hofmann, although con- sidered the founder of LSD, did not really experi- ment with the drug. LSD went fairly unnoticed until about 1960 when Timothy Leary began experi- menting with it while working at the Harvard Center for Research in Personality. Prior to this time there had been little fanfare concerning the drug. It was when Leary was dismissed from Harvard that papers and students began to notice the unusual LSD. Leary, by this time, had become aware of the unusual effects, formed an organization dedicat- ed to make the drug as accessible as possible. While Leary was introducing LSD as a trip worth taking. others were beginning to use it for the purpose of helping mental patients. Doctors of the mind all over the country were administering it to those they felt could be helped. Places soon began to develop where a doctor could take his patient to prepare him. Spring Grove was an example cited in a recent television program. A week before a patient was to be given a dose, he first was given a battery of tests and extensive psychiatric sessions. Fifteen hours before LSD. the patient was given an intelligence exam to see if his thinking would be affected. The program showed two people taking LSD and the audience was able to follow them on their I-1 hour term. To one subject, a rose began to breathe and 18 appear to be alive. When he remembered he was an alcoholic, the rose, to him, turned black and died. To the other, crying was crying for the whole world. She also said she found God and a big hunk of creationf, Both patients involved were cured and now live productive and normal lives. CThe program however, talked to one and asked about the drug.l If I had been ill before and then taken LSD on my own, without my doctors, I would be lost forever, the woman said. XVould you take it again? No, why should I? XVhy? That big question is being asked by upset parents. disturbed educators and concerned people. XVhy take a drug that has sent thousands of young people to hospitals' mental wards all over the United States. XVhy take a drug that can do brain cell damage if used over a period of time? YVhy? Because everyone was taking it. You dont want to be left outf' Kicks Pure kicks. c. Curiosity. I wanted to see what would happen. i'After Marijuana its the next step. Oblivion.,' The first thing users will tell you is that LSD is not habit forming. Physically, they are right. It is not addictive. However, the mind begins to crave for it, to find out what will happen on the next 'itripf' No two people get the same reaction from LSD, is the second rationalization. This is also true, to a certain extent: but there are symptoms that appear when the drug begins to take hold. A University of Boston student aptly explained: 'iFirst everything turned blue, then red, then green. Not a bright green-a nightmare. scary green. A sick-looking color. Color. The welcoming host to the guest on his journey. Another symptom which was explained by stu- dents was the fascination for objects. After the colors, I began to notice things I had never seen before. Like a light-bulb suddenly became very in- teresting and beautiful. You find yourself staring