9. A student in Chicago took a dose of LSD. The drug gave him the feeling that he was all- powerful. He strode directly in front of a fast-approaching car on the highway and raised his hands in the belief that he could stop the speeding vehicle. He was wrong, and died two hours later from injuries suffered in the collision. A teenage girl took half an LSD sugar cube at the urging of friends, then went home to bed. Unable to sleep, she was overcome with the idea that she could fly. Policemen, called by her mother, came in the front door just in time the girl had decided to fly downstairs, and had leapt from the top landing The police caught her in midair. These are just two examples of what can happen when LSD is put into the hands of amateurs. The drug was once used by doctors to treat certain forms of mental illness. But today it has its users and fans on campuses and city streets across the country. Few of these people are aware of the risks they are taking. It is too dangerous to be used by amateurs. No one except qualified researchers should touch the stuff.