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Sixties Drugs Also Caused Addictions

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April
Year
1993
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Sixties Drugs Also Caused Addictions

I just finished reading your February issue. While I enjoy AGENDA (I often feel other newspapers aren't being objective, or even honest!), there was one article that disturbed me. This was "Ruminations of a Radio Therapist" by Arwulf Arwulf.

As a product of the 60s, I can relate to the article. I remember the free concerts, Mark's Coffee House, and my father helped renovate the Rainbow People's house on Hill and Washtenaw. I was raised going to "Be-ins," "Sit-ins," and at the ripe old age of 10 I was a Psychedelic Ranger. I got a lot from this way of life. I came up free from the chains of bigotry and learned to develop and voice my own opinion.

My problem is this: Arwulf stated that marijuana and LSD were proven effective treatment for alcoholism. As a recovering addict, I know a little about the misconceptions of the disease of alcoholism and the treatment thereof. An alcoholic (just as an addict) must abstain from the use of any mind- or mood-altering chemical in order to recover. Anything else is just "switching" addictions.

I agree wholeheartedly with Arwulf about looking more closely at the "legal" drugs in this country. Some of my favorite "pushers" were at the U-M Hospital.

The ends of this disease are jails, institutions, and death. Because of the seriousness of these outcomes, any journalism regarding alcoholism or drug addiction (one and the same really, alcohol is a drug) must be responsible and well-researched.

Anonymous, Ann Arbor

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