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Mind-Scrambling Drugs Helpful in Alcoholic Cases 4 r.rw-, By DELOS SMITH UPI Science Editor New York - (UPD - Mind- scrambling drugs produced an affect on hopeless, derelict type alcoholics which nothing rrr jstexr known to sci- f" ' ence kac been aDie xo pro duce they feed, some, more or less, from the Ichains of I drink. J Dr. Colin M. t 9imith HrnntfVit " . . Delos Smith In IS aDOUt in 12 such human wrecks. He had total failures in 12 others, but his 50 per cent success rate raised hopes that some thing extremely important is in the making. Alcoholism is a steadily intensifying nation al problem for which no real solution is in sight. The chemical mind-scramblers are LSD-25 (D-lysergic acid diethylamide) and Mes caline. They produce, in even the sanest people, hallucina tions and other mental dis turbances which closely re semble those of true insanity. When the body disposes of the drugs in a few hours, sanity returns. Used on Hopless Alcoholics So far they are experiment al laboratory drugs because no other use has been found for them. Smith experimented with them in hopeless alco holics because previous exper iments had shown that they frequently make people aware of deeply buried mental con flicts. His 24 chronic drunks were all hospitalized for the con sequences of their drunken ness, which included . deliri um tremens, "blackouts," and cirrhosis of the liver. He spent two to four weeks getting on intimate and trusting concer sational terms with each of them. Then one by one they were given large doses of one or the other of the mind scramb lers. While each one was un der its influence, Smith dis cussed the man's personal problems with him, especially those having to do with his drinking. Presumably the man was seeing these problems with a clarity with which he had never seen them before. Produces Some Success Smith also made "strong suggestions" to each scramb led mind that now was the time to give up drink. A few days later, the patient was discharged and was thereafter checked on by members of Alcoholics Anonymous. Three of them have now been fol-lowed-up for two years and there is no .doubht that . they either don't drink at all or drink much less. The other 10 successes have been followed up for from two to 18 months. The 12 total failures were also checked, and they were failures from the very beginning. In fact, two were stealing alcohol and drinking it even before they were discharged from the hos pital. In his. technical report to the Yale center for studies on alcohol, Smith emphasized the crudity of his techniques. After all, working with alco holics is a complicated busi ness and improved techniques will have to be worked out. For instance, Smith now is injecting himself with a mind scrambler at the same time he injects the patient. 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