http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7071010.stm -- Dr John Watson Baker Street
"Dr John Watson" wrote in message news:5p0gntFp3dj7U1@mid.individual.net... > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7071010.stm > -- "But even if one cannot conclusively establish that a substance like salvia is toxic or harmful to mental health, can't one take the view that powerful hallucinogens are necessarily something bad for society and ban them anyway?" You can if you have the imagination of a gnat .... It's a good job Francis Crick had access to LSD while he was conceiving the structure of DNA ....
On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:02:18 GMT, "gentlegreen" wrote: > >"Dr John Watson" wrote in message >news:5p0gntFp3dj7U1@mid.individual.net... >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7071010.stm >> -- > >"But even if one cannot conclusively establish that a substance like salvia >is toxic or harmful to mental health, can't one take the view that powerful >hallucinogens are necessarily something bad for society and ban them >anyway?" > >You can if you have the imagination of a gnat .... I have a BBC video made in the 60s when some guy took either LSD or mescaline as part of a TV show. It was wonderful - but not broadcast at the time because a number of theologians and philosophers were contacted by the BBC and gave their view that the state induced was not really mystical - rather a trivial distortion of perception. The video I saw interviewed the subject as he is now - he's a peer in the house of lords. He said it was one of the most interesting and significant experiences of his life - but that he didn't thinkit should be made generally available. I think it's very sad that people can think that way. pj
