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Poisons of the Mind¹

School of Journalism and Communication, University of Oregon, Eugene 97403

Abstract

I should admit up front that I have rarely covered agricultural research, not even the occasional two-headed calf. But still, there is a certain sense in which the biological sciences are all ultimately the same. Among other things, in our time they all produce miracles ... or, depending on your point of view, abominations. Sometimes the two are difficult to distinguish.

I started out in Baltimore, which as you may recall is where the opiate receptor was first identified by Solomon Synder and Candace Pert. So I was caught up in that story, and ended up covering the revolution in the biology of mental illness. It was a fascinating thing to watch. First there was the science itself, and then there was the controversy. And it was very controversial, as it still is, because the idea that behavior has a biology is deeply offensive to many people of both the right and the left.

¹ Transcript of Keynote Address presented in the closing session of the 8th Biennial Growth Symposium that was also part of the Opening Program of the ASAS 88th Annu. Mtg., July 23, 1996.