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The National Educational Television Network
The National Educational Television Network
present
Regional Report
today’s subject
From Pot to Psychedelics
Good evening
the pot and psychedelic cult
whatever else it may be
is new and different
unlike the nihilist beatniks
of a few years back
today’s LSD cultists
say that they are
turned on
not turned off
if they talk of dropping out
they do so because they reject square society
and claim they can build a better one
the psychedelic people are not in
the historic pattern of dope addiction
their drugs are so-called head drugs
ranging from such natural substances as marijuana
and hashish
to LSD and other artificial concoctions
these head drugs are not physically addictive
are as such body drugs as *** *** and alcohol
the LSD enthusiast will envoy against liquor as
fervently as a 19th century temperance crusader
our overall impression of this
survey is not one of black and white but
of various shades of grey
it may be anomalous
that marijuana
which is illegal
is less harmful than
alcohol or tobacco which are not illegal
a recent report of the president’s crime commission
is surprisingly open minded on the subject
even doctor Leary would agree that LSD
presents more serious problems
the pot smoker is a pleasure seeker
but the LSD user professes higher motives
ranging from the liberation of the individual
to the salvation of the world
marijuana
which is illegal
is less harmful than
alcohol or tobacco which are not illegal
the whole subject is so new
that research has scarcely begun
the psychedelic people claim that theirs is the real world
the straight or square world is unreal
be that as it may
and for better or for worse
the evidence is overwhelming
in terms of the numbers of people involved
especially young people
the psychedelic world is growing
and growing rapidly
research has scarcely begun
the psychedelic people claim that theirs is the real world
the straight or square world is unreal
unreal
unreal